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PET scanners
Guideline of the EANM (European Assoc. of Nuclear Medicine:
“FDG PET and PET/CT: EANM procedure guideline for tumour
PET imaging: version 1.0.” (Boellaard R et al, EJNMMI 2010;
37(1):181-200)
Objectives of EARL:
to provide a minimum standard of PET/CT scanner performance in
order to harmonise the acquisition and interpretation of PET scans
ensure similar performance of PET/CT systems within a multicentre
setting
characterisation of imaging site by continuing quality control, making it
highly eligible as a participant in multicentre studies
high quality of routine patient examinations
ESTRO Teaching Course Advanced Imaging: PET – Reconstruction, Contouring
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