MR-based attenuation correction for hybrid PET-MR brain imaging systems using deformable image registration

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2101-2109

  Schreibmann, Eduard ^a   Nye, Jonathon A ^a   Schuster, David M ^a   Martin, Diego R ^a   Votaw, John ^a   Fox, Tim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Deformable registration; Hybrid PET MR

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL FLOWS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; STEM CELLS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; DEFORMABLE MODELING; DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; GEOMETRICAL ACCURACY; HYBRID PET-MR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952358732     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3377774     Document Type: Article

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