Comparison and evaluation of PET/CT image registration

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 1599-1603

  Gong, Sylvia J ^a,b   O'Keefe, Graeme J ^b   Scott, Andrew M ^b  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gantry alignment; Image registration; PET CT

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ERRORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MULTILAYERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

FIDUCIAL MARKERS; PET SCANNER; PROGNOSIS; ROBUST INTRINSIC IMAGE ALIGNMENT; SPATIAL ERROR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846902328     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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