Attenuation correction for PET/MR: Problems, novel approaches and practical solutions

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-310

  Martinez Möller, Axel ^a   Nekolla, Stephan G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; PET MR

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84870252314     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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