Accurate three-dimensional registration of CT, PET, and/or MR images of the brain

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 20-26

  Pelizzari, Charles A ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a   Spelbring, Danny R ^a   Weichselbaum, Ralph R ^a   Chin Tu, Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlases; Brain, anatomy; Computed tomography, Three dimensional; Emission computed tomography, techniques; Magnetic resonance imaging, three dimensional

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANATOMY; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLIUM EDETATE GA 67; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BRAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0024592222     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198901000-00004     Document Type: Article

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