Knowledge-based segmentation of attenuation-relevant regions of the head in T1-weighted MR images for attenuation correction in MR/PET systems

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3338-3343

  Wagenknecht, Gudrun ^a   Kops, Elena Rota ^a   Tellmann, Lutz ^a   Herzog, Hans ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Classification; Head segmentation; Knowledge based; MR PET

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; BONE SEGMENTATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CRANIOFACIAL; CT IMAGE; CT SYSTEM; CT-BASED ATTENUATION CORRECTIONS; DATA SETS; INTENSITY VALUES; MP-RAGE; MR IMAGES; PET ATTENUATION; PROTON DENSITY; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; SEGMENTED DATA; SIEMENS; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE TYPES; TRANSMISSION SCANS; TUMOR PATIENT;

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951157930     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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