Statistical sinogram restoration in dual-energy CT for PET attenuation correction

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1688-1702

  Noh, Joonki ^a   Fessler, Jeffrey A ^a   Kinahan, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Dual energy (DE) X ray computed tomography (CT); Low radiation dose; Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET CT); Sinogram restoration

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; DUAL-ENERGY (DE) X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); LOW RADIATION DOSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (PET/CT); SINOGRAM RESTORATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRONS; RESTORATION; SCANNING; SIMULATORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350769133     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2018283     Document Type: Article

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