Rigid-body transformation of list-mode projection data for respiratory motion correction in cardiac PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3313-3322

  Livieratos, L ^a,b   Stegger, L ^a,c   Bloomfield, P M ^d   Schafers, K ^c   Bailey, D L ^e   Camici, P G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEGRADATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS;

CARDIAC PET IMAGING; LIST-MODE DATA; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

CARBON MONOXIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 22244488754     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/14/008     Document Type: Article

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