Attenuation correction in MR-BrainPET with segmented T1-weighted MR images of the patient's head - A comparative study with CT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2261-2266

  Wagenknecht, Gudrun ^a   Rota Kops, Elena ^a   Mantlik, Frédéric ^b   Fried, Eduard ^a   Pilz, Tony ^a   Hautzel, Hubertus ^c   Tellmann, Lutz ^a   Pichler, Bernd J ^b   Herzog, Hans ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

attenuation correction; CT; knowledge based head segmentation; MR BrainPET

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE-BASED HEAD SEGMENTATIONS; MR IMAGES; MR-BRAINPET; T1-WEIGHTED;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858663070     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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