A method for calibrating the CT-based attenuation correction of PET in human tissue

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3487-3491

  Watson, Charles C ^a   Rappoport, Vitaliy ^a   Faul, David ^a   Townsend, David W ^b   Carney, Jonathan P ^b  

^a CPS Innovations   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATTENUATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAYS;

ACTUAL TISSUE VALUE; ATTENUATION MAP; HOUNSFIELD UNITS (HU); MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF);

TISSUE;

EID: 23844503670     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. P.E. Kinahan, D.W. Townsend, T. Beyer, and D. Sashin, "Attenuation correction for a combined 3D PET/CT scanner," Med. Phys., vol. 25, pp. 2046-2053, 1998.
2. D.R. White, "Tissue substitutes in experimental radiation physics," Med. Phys., vol. 5, pp. 467-479, 1978.
3. ICRU Report 44, Tissue Substitutes in Radiation Dosimetry and Measurement, ICRU, Bethesda, MD, 1989.
4. R.E. Alvarez and A. Macovski, "Energy-selective Reconstructions in X-ray Computerized Tomography," Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 21, pp. 733-744, 1976.
5. J.P.J. Carney, T. Beyer, D. Brasse, J.T. Yap and D.W. Townsend, "CT-Based Attenuation Correction for PET/CT Scanners in the Presence of Contrast Agent," 2002 IEEE Nuc. Sci. Symp. Conf. Rec., M10-44, 2002.