Accuracy of CT-based attenuation correction in PET/CT bone imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2477-2490

  Abella, Monica ^a   Alessio, Adam M ^b   Mankoff, David A ^b   MacDonald, Lawrence R ^b   Vaquero, Juan Jose ^a   Desco, Manuel ^a,c,d   Kinahan, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; BONE IMAGING; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPACT BONE; CT IMAGE; CT-BASED ATTENUATION CORRECTIONS; ELEVATED LEVEL; EMISSION IMAGES; IMAGING TASK; LINEAR ATTENUATION; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; PATIENT DATA; PET DATA; PET TRACER; REFERENCE STANDARD; SIMULATED EMISSION; SOFT TISSUE; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUES; TRANSMISSION SCANS;

BONE; ERRORS; GERMANIUM; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; MAMMALS; RATING; TISSUE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CATTLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84859569478     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/9/2477     Document Type: Article

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