Design of a realistic PET-CT-MRI phantom

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3173-3177

  Keereman, Vincent ^a   Mollet, Pieter ^a   Fierens, Yves ^b   Espana, Samuel ^a   Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

attenuation correction; CT; MRI; PET; PET MRI

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHOD; CT SYSTEM; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; PET MRIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84858652151     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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