Combined motion blur and partial volume correction for computer aided diagnosis of pulmonary nodules in PET/CT

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 105-113

  Wiemker, Rafael ^a   Paulus, Timo ^a   Kabus, Sven ^a   Bülow, Thomas ^a   Apostolova, Ivayla ^b   Buchert, Ralph ^b   Klutmann, Susanne ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Motion compensation; Partial volume effect; PET recovery coefficient; Solitary pulmonary nodule; SUV correction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 45849153063     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-008-0212-y     Document Type: Article

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