MR-based attenuation correction for cardiac FDG PET on a hybrid PET/MRI scanner: comparison with standard CT attenuation correction

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1574-1580

  Vontobel, Jan ^a   Liga, Riccardo ^a   Possner, Mathias ^a   Clerc, Olivier F ^a   Mikulicic, Fran ^a   Veit Haibach, Patrick ^a   ter Voert, Edwin E G W ^a   Fuchs, Tobias A ^a   Stehli, Julia ^a   Pazhenkottil, Aju P ^a   Benz, Dominik C ^a   Gräni, Christoph ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Herzog, Bernhard ^a   Buechel, Ronny R ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Cardiac imaging; Hybrid imaging; PET MRI

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PET-CT SCANNER; PET-MRI SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; READING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84938420662     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3089-3     Document Type: Article

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