• DocumentCode
    686604
  • Title

    Joint registration of attenuation and activity images in gated TOF-PET

  • Author

    Rezaei, A. ; Nuyts, Johan

  • Author_Institution
    Nucl. Med., K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    To date, attenuation correction of gated PET emission data remains a challenge. Joint activity and attenuation estimation methods may contribute to solving this challenge. In this work, we demonstrate a framework in which the gated PET activity and attenuation images are jointly reconstructed and then registered to a reference frame by a joint registration approach. The method is studied and compared to common approaches by means of 2D and 3D simulations.
  • Keywords
    image reconstruction; image registration; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; activity images; attenuation correction; attenuation estimation methods; attenuation images; gated TOF-PET; image reconstruction; joint image registration; time-of-flight positron emission tomography; Attenuation; Image reconstruction; Joints; Logic gates; Phantoms; Positron emission tomography; Three-dimensional displays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0533-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829031
  • Filename
    6829031