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There are several design advantages of combined PET/CT over PET and CT acquired on separate devices, including more accurate CT and PET data co-registration, improved lesion localization, consolidation of imaging studies, and reduced scan times compared to dedicated PET.

Contrast-enhanced CT acquired between 10 % and 30%% of R-R interval is used for measuring the valve area [26, 27, 28] (Fig. 8).

Liver anatomy from the end-exhale attenuation correction CT acquired with each SPECT scan was registered to the reference liver anatomy from the end-exhale respiratory phase of a radiotherapy planning CT acquired under free-breathing (n = 13), abdominal compression (n = 10), or active breathing control (ABC™, Elekta Inc., Stockholm, Sweden) breath-hold conditions (n = 7).

A CT acquired in cine mode (140 kVp, 10 mA, 5.0-mm slice thickness, 0.5-s tube rotation) was averaged (CTavg) and used for attenuation correction of PET images.

d Axial unenhanced CT, acquired at the same level as a after 10 days of follow-up, shows complete resolution of pneumatosis intestinalis following a benign clinical course Open image in new window Fig. 8 Intrahepatic and tubular gas in a venous branch in a 45-year-old woman with superior mesenteric artery thrombosis (SMA).

Integrated PET/CT is superior to both PET and CT acquired separately, whether viewed together side by side or alone.

As the follow-up period is extended, the risk ratio estimate will be diluted by CT clearance and PID caused by infections (both CT and non-CT) acquired after the screening and treatment, while in time the risk difference should converge to a stable estimate.

CT acquires imaging data rapidly within one breath-hold, whilst PET takes many minutes to accumulate a composite image during which time the patient is breathing.

The Light-speed CT acquires four 5-mm slices at 140 kV with 80 mA and a large pitch of 6 (30 mm of table travel per gantry rotation).

The aim was to assess the performance of low-dose non-contrast CT of the urinary tract (LD-CT) acquired at radiation exposures close to that of abdominal radiography using adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASiR).

MB designed the study, optimized CT settings, acquired CT-data, performed segmentation and macroscopic preparations, analysed data, and wrote the manuscript.