MR-Based PET attenuation correction for PET/MR imaging

Ilja Bezrukov; Frédéric Mantlik; Holger Schmidt; Bernhard Schölkopf; Bernd J Pichler

doi:10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2012.08.002

MR-Based PET attenuation correction for PET/MR imaging

Semin Nucl Med. 2013 Jan;43(1):45-59. doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2012.08.002.

Authors

Ilja Bezrukov¹, Frédéric Mantlik, Holger Schmidt, Bernhard Schölkopf, Bernd J Pichler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, Laboratory for Preclinical Imaging and Imaging Technology of the Werner Siemens-Foundation, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.

PMID: 23178088
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2012.08.002

Abstract

Recent progress has allowed hybrid positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) systems to make the transition from research prototypes to systems with full potential for clinical imaging. Options for directly measuring the attenuation maps, as is possible with PET/computed tomography or PET transmission scans, are not included in PET/MR scanners. New methods to compute attenuation maps from MR data have therefore been developed.

MeSH terms

Animals
Artificial Intelligence
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*