The effect of MR surface coils on PET quantification in whole-body PET/MR: Results from a pseudo-PET/MR phantom study

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2795-2805

  Tellmann, L ^a   Quick, H H ^b   Bockisch, A ^c   Herzog, H ^a   Beyer, T ^c,d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d cmi experts GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

attenuation; MR surface coils; PET MR

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CYLINDER HEADS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; LOCAL DISPLACEMENT; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE COILS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 79959543762     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3582699     Document Type: Article

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