Advances in Attenuation Correction Techniques in PET

PET Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-217

  Zaidi, Habib ^a   Montandon, Marie Louise ^a   Alavi, Abass ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORINE 18; METHIONINE C 11; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACHINE LEARNING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; X RAY;

EID: 52449084002     PISSN: 15568598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2007.12.002     Document Type: Review

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