Impact of metallic dental implants on CT-based attenuation correction in a combined PET/CT scanner

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 724-728

  Kamel, Ehab M ^a   Burger, Cyrill ^a   Buck, Alfred ^a   von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   Goerres, Gerhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Attenuation correction; CT; PET

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

EID: 0037936886     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1564-2     Document Type: Article

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