Attenuation correction for small animal PET images: A comparison of two methods

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  D'Ambrosio, Daniela ^a,b   Zagni, Federico ^a   Spinelli, Antonello E ^c   Marengo, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TISSUE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHOD; BEAM HARDENING EFFECTS; PHOTON ATTENUATION; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS; SMALL ANIMAL PET;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACETIC ACID C 11; CHLORIDE GA 68; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SODIUM FLUORIDE F 18; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RAT; SPINE; X RAY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877253040     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/103476     Document Type: Article

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