An automatic classification technique for attenuation correction in positron emission tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 447-458

  Bettinardi, V ^c   Pagani, E ^c   Gilardi, M C ^c   Landoni, C ^c   Riddell, C ^c   Rizzo, G ^c   Castiglioni, I ^c   Belluzzo, D ^c   Lucignani, G ^c   Schubert, S ^a   Fazio, F ^b  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Clustering technique; Position emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 0011954972     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050410     Document Type: Article

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