Single-phase CT aligned to gated PET for respiratory motion correction in cardiac PET/CT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1182-1190

  Wells, R Glenn ^a   Ruddy, Terrence D ^a   DeKemp, Rob A ^a   DaSilva, Jean N ^a   Beanlands, Rob S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

82Rb; Ammonia; Cardiac PET CT; CT attenuation correction; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; AMMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITROGEN; RUBIDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; ARTIFACT; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; AMMONIA; ARTIFACTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 77956203253     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.070011     Document Type: Article

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