Retrospective registration of pet and mr brain images: An algorithm and its stereotactic validation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 800-810

  Ge, Yaorong ^a   Fitzpatrick, J Michael ^a   Votaw, John R ^a   Gadamsetty, Srikanth ^a   Maciunas, Robert J ^a   Kessler, Robert M ^a   Margolin, Richard A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission computed tomography; Image registration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE REGISTRATION;

BRAIN IMAGES; COMMON COORDINATE SYSTEMS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE VOLUME; IMAGES REGISTRATION; INTER-HEMISPHERIC FISSURES; MID-SAGITTAL PLANES; RIGID BODY REGISTRATIONS; STEREOTAXY; VALIDATION STUDY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0027965634     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199409000-00021     Document Type: Article

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