A multivariate approach to registration of dissimilar tomographic images

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 718-733

  Andersson, Jesper Leif Roger ^a,b,c   Thurfjell, Lennart ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multivariate; Mutual information; Positron emission tomography; Registration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032774398     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050443     Document Type: Article

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