Low dose interpolated average CT for PET/CT attenuation correction using an active breathing controller (ABC)

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2856-2858

  Sun, Tao ^a   Wu, Tung Hsin ^b   Wu, Nien Yun ^c   Greta, S P Mok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CLINICAL FEASIBILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICES; NONLINEAR INTERPOLATION; REAL-TIME DETECTION; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; REGISTRATION ALGORITHMS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERPOLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879951981     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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