A three-dimensional registration method for automated fusion of micro PET-CT-SPECT whole-body images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 886-893

  Jan, Meei Ling ^a,b   Chuang, Keh Shih ^b   Chen, Guo Wei ^a   Ni, Yu Ching ^a   Chen, Sharon ^b   Chang, Chih Hsien ^a   Wu, Jay ^b   Lee, Te Wei ^a   Fu, Ying Kai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Micro computed tomography (CT); Micro positron emission tomography (PET); Micro single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Registration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GENES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE; X RAYS;

IMAGE FUSION; MICRO POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MICRO SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT); REGISTRATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 23744491662     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2005.848617     Document Type: Review

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