A robust coregistration method for in vivo studies using a first generation simultaneous PET/MR scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1995-2003

  Ng, Thomas S C ^a   Procissi, Daniel ^a   Wu, Yibao ^b   Jacobs, Russell E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid systems; In vivo biological monitoring; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ANIMALS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRONS; TUMORS;

ANATOMICAL INFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); REGISTRATION ERROR; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SUB-VOXEL ACCURACY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952412970     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3369447     Document Type: Article

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