Alternative methods for attenuation correction for PET images in MR-PET scanners

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4327-4330

  Kops, Elena Rota ^b   Herzog, Hans ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAPS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PACKET NETWORKS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; STANDARDS; WEAVING;

ABSORPTION CORRECTION; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION FACTORS; ATTENUATION MAPS; BRAIN TISSUES; MR IMAGING; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNERS; REGION -OF-INTEREST; STANDARD BRAIN; TBA METHOD; TISSUE TYPING; TRANSMISSION SCAN;

IMAGE MATCHING;

EID: 48149097720     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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