Voxel-wise uncertainty in CT substitute derived from MRI

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3283-3290

  Johansson, Adam ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a   Yu, Jun ^b   Asklund, Thomas ^a   Nyholm, Tufve ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attenuation correction; computed tomography substitute; dose calculation; Gaussian mixture; magnetic resonance imaging; quality assurance; ultrashort echo time

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSOLUTE DEVIATIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; DOSE CALCULATION; GAUSSIAN MIXTURES; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863527875     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4711807     Document Type: Article

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