Measurement of radiotracer concentration in brain gray matter using positron emission tomography: MRI-based correction for partial volume effects

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 571-583

  Müller Gärtner, Hans W ^a   Links, Jonathan M ^a   Prince, Jerry L ^b   Bryan, R Nick ^a   McVeigh, Elliot ^a   Leal, Jeffrey P ^a   Davatzikos, Christos ^b   Frost, J James ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain atrophy; Brain gray matter; Dementia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Partial volume effects; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0026700928     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1992.81     Document Type: Article

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