Alignment of volume MR images and high resolution [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET images for the evaluation of patients with brain tumors

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-191

  Nelson, Sarah J ^a,b   Day, Mark R ^a   Buffone, Paul J ^a   Wald, Lawrence L ^a   Budinger, Thomas F ^a   Hawkins, Randall ^a   Dillon, William P ^a   Huhn, Stephen ^a   Prados, Michael D ^a   Chang, Susan ^a   Vigneron, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, neoplasm; Emission computed tomography; Image registration; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE REGISTRATION; TUMORS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN TUMORS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FDG PET; FDG UPTAKES; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGES REGISTRATION; MR-IMAGES; PET IMAGES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER;

EID: 0030997147     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199703000-00004     Document Type: Article

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