Simultaneous PET/MR imaging: MR-based attenuation correction of local radiofrequency surface coils

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4306-4315

  Paulus, Daniel H ^a   Braun, Harald ^a   Aklan, Bassim ^a   Quick, Harald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

attenuation correction (AC); hybrid imaging; radiofrequency (RF) surface coil; simultaneous whole body PET MR; UTE sequence

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; HYBRID IMAGING; SURFACE COILS; UTE SEQUENCE; WHOLE BODY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864220423     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4729716     Document Type: Article

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