Automatic, three-segment, MR-based attenuation correction for whole-body PET/MR data

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-152

  Schulz, V ^a,b   Torres Espallardo, I ^a,b   Renisch, S ^a   Hu, Z ^c   Ojha, N ^c   Bornert P ^a   Perkuhn, M ^a,b   Niendorf, T ^b,d   Schafer W M ^b   Brockmann, H ^b   Krohn, T ^b   Buhl, A ^b   Gunther R W ^b   Mottaghy, F M ^b   Krombach, G A ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR; MR AC; MR based; MRI; PET; PET MR; Positron emission tomography; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LUNG; MALE; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY PET;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79551523276     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1603-1     Document Type: Article

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