Is MR-guided attenuation correction a viable option for dual-modality PET/MR imaging?

Radiology

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 639-642

  Zaidi, Habib ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 34548104447     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2443070092     Document Type: Review

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