Evaluation of an atlas-based PET head attenuation correction using PET/CT & MR Patient Data

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3383-3390

  Wollenweber, Scott D ^a   Ambwani, S ^a   Delso, G ^b   Lonn, A H R ^b   Mullick, R ^c   Wiesinger, F ^d   Piti, Z ^e   Tari, A ^b   Novak, G ^b   Fidrich, M ^b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Image analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Reconstruction algorithms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ATLAS-BASED METHODS; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; BRAIN TISSUE; MEAN ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; PATIENT DATA; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

BONE; DATA REDUCTION; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885953176     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2013.2273417     Document Type: Article

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