Quantitative attenuation correction for PET/CT using iterative reconstruction of low-dose dual-energy CT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3285-3289

  Kinahan, Paul E ^a,b   Fessier, Jeffrey A ^a,c   Alessio, Adam M ^a,b   Lewellen, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CT-BASED ATTENUATION CORRECTION (CTAC); DENSITY GRADIENTS; DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (DECT); MONOENERGETIC TRANSMISSION IMAGES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHETICS; SCANNING; TISSUE; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844456732     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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