Generation of 4-dimensional CT images based on 4-dimensional PET-derived motion fields

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 631-638

  Fayad, Hadi J ^a   Lamare, Frederic ^b   Le Rest, Catherine Cheze ^c   Bettinardi, Valentino ^d   Visvikis, Dimitris ^a  

^a CHU MORVAN   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

4D PET CT; Attenuation; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG LESION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84875767568     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.110809     Document Type: Article

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