Evaluation of partial volume effect correction methods for brain positron emission tomography: Quantification and reproducibility

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 108-117

  Harri, Merisaari ^a,b   Mika, Teras ^a   Jussi, Hirvonen ^a,b   Nevalainen Olli, S ^b   Jarmo, Hietala ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Partial volume effects; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148834278     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.35723     Document Type: Article

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