Evaluation of MR acquisition strategies for MR based attenuation correction

Author

Ambwani, Sonal ; Wollenweber, S.D. ; Kaushik, Satvika ; Wiesinger, Florian ; Shanbhag, Dattesh ; von Schulthess, Gustav ; Veit-Haibach, Patrick ; Delso, G.

Author_Institution

GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare two different strategies of MR data acquisition for MR-based PET attenuation correction (MRAC). One of the leading causes of image variability in MR acquisition is the choice of transmit/receive radio-frequency coils. We use a PET/CT-MR tri-modality setup to evaluate the advantages and limitations of local and body coil MR data acquisition for the generation of PET attenuation maps by means of fully automatic image processing. This method has been tested retrospectively on data from clinical oncology patients referred for a PET/CT scan.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; computerised tomography; data acquisition; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; MR data acquisition; MR-based PET attenuation correction; PET attenuation maps; PET/CT-MR trimodality setup; automatic image processing; clinical oncology patients; transmit-receive radiofrequency coils; Attenuation; Coils; Computed tomography; Image segmentation; Lungs; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography;

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.2013.6829140

Filename

6829140