Resolution improvement in positron emission tomography using anatomical magnetic resonance imaging

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-317

  Chu, Yong ^a,b   Su, Min Ying ^a   Mandelkern, Mark ^a   Nalcioglu, Orhan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Mutual information; Positron emission tomography; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FILTER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 33748077129     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460600500402     Document Type: Article

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