Accurate PET/MR quantification using time of flight MLAA image reconstruction

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 469-477

  Boellaard, R ^a   Hofman, M B M ^a   Hoekstra, O S ^a   Lammertsma, A A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; MLAA; PET MR; Quantification; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME OF FLIGHT MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD RECONSTRUCTION OF ATTENUATION AND ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904440731     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-013-0716-x     Document Type: Article

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