Arterial input function derived from pairwise correlations between PET-image voxels

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1058-1065

  Schain, Martin ^a,b   Benjaminsson, Simon ^b   Varnäs, Katarina ^a   Forsberg, Anton ^a,b   Halldin, Christer ^a,b   Lansner, Anders ^b,c   Farde, Lars ^a,b   Varrone, Andrea ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HRRT; image derived input function; PET; pharmacokinetic modeling; voxel correlation

Indexed keywords

AZ 10419369; CARBON 11; FLUMAZENIL; SEROTONIN 1B AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880326272     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.47     Document Type: Article

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