Adaptive, segmented attenuation correction for whole-body pet imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1 PART 2, 1996, Pages 331-336

  Xu, M ^a,b   Cutler, P D ^a,b   Luk, W K ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CTI PET Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; ERRORS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; BOWEL AIR POCKETS; LOCAL THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUE; LUNG SPACES; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD; PIXELS; SEGMENTED ATTENUATION CORRECTION; TRANSVERSE TRANSMISSION IMAGES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030082270     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.485974     Document Type: Article

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