A comparison of CT- and MR-based attenuation correction in neurological PET

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1176-1189

  Dickson, John C ^a   O'Meara, Celia ^a   Barnes, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Brain; PET; PET MR; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIXON ATTENUATION CORRECTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PET-CT SCANNER; PET-MRI SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECUNEUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION PROCESSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME ATTENUATION CORRECTION; AGED; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84900816022     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2652-z     Document Type: Article

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