MR-based attenuation correction for torso-PET/MR imaging: Pitfalls in mapping MR to CT data

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1142-1146

  Beyer, Thomas ^a   Weigert, Markus ^a   Quick, Harald H ^a   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^b,c   Vogt, Florian ^a   Palm, Christoph ^b   Antoch, Gerald ^a   Müller, Stefan P ^a   Bockisch, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; PET CT; PET MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43749114975     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0734-0     Document Type: Article

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