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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 12/2006

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Data acquisition and analysis: the strength of methodology in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

Author: Giovanni Lucignani

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 12/2006

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Data acquisition and data analysis are two methodological pillars of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging that originated by exploiting and combining the knowledge in the fields of tracer kinetics, instrumentation technology and computers. Sophisticated tracers and instruments are in fact of little use unless a data acquisition procedure is tailored to address a specific question and a careful data analysis is conducted to make sense of the acquired data. A continuous search is underway for better and newer data acquisition and analysis procedures that permit the procurement of more accurate and informative results, in relation to the rapid development and deployment of new tracers and instruments. Recent examples of this quest are reported below. …
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Title
Data acquisition and analysis: the strength of methodology in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Author
Giovanni Lucignani
Publication date
01-12-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 12/2006
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-006-0272-6

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