An SPM8-based approach for attenuation correction combining segmentation and nonrigid template formation: Application to simultaneous PET/MR Brain Imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1825-1830

  Izquierdo Garcia, David ^a   Hansen, Adam E ^b   Förster, Stefan ^c   Benoit, Didier ^b   Schachoff, Sylvia ^c   Fürst, Sebastian ^c   Chen, Kevin T ^a,d   Chonde, Daniel B ^a,d,e   Catana, Ciprian ^a,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Integrated PET MRI; Segmentation; Template

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; O (2 FLUOROETHYL) TYROSINE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; BONE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GOLD STANDARD; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PET-CT SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SOFT TISSUE; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SKULL;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL;

EID: 84910637140     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: 2159662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.113.136341     Document Type: Article

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