Attenuation correction for a combined 3D PET/CT scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2046-2063

  Kinahan, P E ^a   Townsend, D W ^a   Beyer, T ^a   Sashin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Dual modality; PET and CT

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION FACTORS; CT-BASED ATTENUATION CORRECTIONS; DUAL MODALITY; HYBRID SEGMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031791001     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598392     Document Type: Article

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