Whole-body PET/MRI: The effect of bone attenuation during MR-based attenuation correction in oncology imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1177-1183

  Aznar, M C ^a   Sersar, R ^b   Saabye, J ^b   Ladefoged, C N ^a   Andersen, F L ^a   Rasmussen, J H ^a   Lofgren J ^a   Beyer, T ^c  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Bone; Combined PET MR; Quantification

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; BONE; BONE CANCER; BONE LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PET-MRI SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SOFT TISSUE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY PET; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84902299591     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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