Motion artifacts occurring at the lung/diaphragm interface using 4D CT attenuation correction of 4D PET scans

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-274

  Killoran, Joseph H ^a   Gerbaudo, Victor H ^a   Mamede, Marcelo ^a   Ionascu, Dan ^a   Park, Sang June ^a   Berbeco, Ross ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

4d PET; Attenuation correction; Motion artifacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855173637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i4.3502     Document Type: Article

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