Comparison of segmentation-based attenuation correction methods for PET/MRI: Evaluation of bone and liver standardized uptake value with oncologic PET/CT data

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1878-1882

  Kim, Joong Hyun ^a,b   Lee, Jae Sung ^a,b   Song, In Chan ^b   Lee, Dong Soo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; PET MRI; Positron emission tomography; Standard uptake value (SUV)

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEGMENTATION BASED ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHOD; SOFT TISSUE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870329352     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.104109     Document Type: Article

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