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MRI-guided attenuation correction in whole-body PET/MR: assessment of the effect of bone attenuation

Published inAnnals of nuclear medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 152-162
Publication date2013
Abstract

Hybrid PET/MRI presents many advantages in comparison with its counterpart PET/CT in terms of improved soft-tissue contrast, decrease in radiation exposure, and truly simultaneous and multi-parametric imaging capabilities. However, the lack of well-established methodology for MR-based attenuation correction is hampering further development and wider acceptance of this technology. We assess the impact of ignoring bone attenuation and using different tissue classes for generation of the attenuation map on the accuracy of attenuation correction of PET data.

Keywords
  • Bone and Bones/radionuclide imaging
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography/methods
  • Whole Body Imaging/methods
Citation (ISO format)
AKBARZADEH, A et al. MRI-guided attenuation correction in whole-body PET/MR: assessment of the effect of bone attenuation. In: Annals of nuclear medicine, 2013, vol. 27, n° 2, p. 152–162. doi: 10.1007/s12149-012-0667-3
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