MR-based attenuation correction for PET using an ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequence

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4656-4661

  Keereman, Vincent ^a   Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a   De Deene, Y ^a   Luypaert, Robert ^b   Broux, Tom ^b   Lemahieu, Ignace ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION MAPS; CORTICAL BONE; ECHO TIME; EXCITATION PULSE; HUMAN HEAD; LOW SIGNAL INTENSITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MR IMAGES; MR SEQUENCE; MULTI-MODALITY; PET IMAGES; PROTON DENSITY; RELAXOMETRY; SEGMENTATION ERROR; SIMULATED DATA; SOFT TISSUE; THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES; TISSUE COMPOSITION; TISSUE TYPES;

ERRORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIXELS;

BONE;

EID: 67649232027     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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