Evaluation of an attenuation correction method for PET/MR imaging of the head based on substitute CT images

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-136

  Larsson, Anne ^a   Johansson, Adam ^a   Axelsson, Jan ^a   Nyholm, Tufve ^a   Asklund, Thomas ^a   Riklund, Katrine ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

18F FLT; Attenuation correction; PET MR; Substitute CT; UTE

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874117797     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-012-0339-2     Document Type: Article

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