Comparative evaluation of MR-based partial-volume correction schemes for PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2053-2065

  Meltzer, Carolyn Cidis ^a,b   Kinahan, Paul E ^a   Greer, Phil J ^a   Nichols, Thomas E ^a   Comtat, Claude ^a   Cantwell, Michael N ^a   Lin, Michael P ^a   Price, Julie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrophy; Emission tomography; MRI; Partial volume correction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033394937     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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