Implementation and evaluation of a calculated attenuation correction for PET

Author

Siegel, Stefan ; Dahlbom, Magnus

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radiol. Sci., Sch. of Med., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

39

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1117

Lastpage

1121

Abstract

The authors have developed a highly reliable and consistent method for automated calculated attenuation correction for positron emission tomography (PET). The method is based on estimating the object contour from the emission sinograms. The method relies on a robust algorithm to determine the border between activity and scatter background. The algorithm has been applied to brain studies with a variety of tracers and uptake distributions. The method has been tested in nearly 300 brain studies and shown to accurately find the object routine, regardless of the tracer used and the activity distribution. The method has been successfully extended for use in abdominal studies and with 3D acquisition data

Keywords

brain; computerised tomography; radioisotope scanning and imaging; 3D acquisition data; PET; abdominal studies; activity distribution; attenuation correction; brain studies; emission sinograms; object contour; object routine; positron emission tomography; scatter background; tracers; uptake distributions; Abdomen; Attenuation measurement; Biomedical measurements; Head; Image reconstruction; Nuclear medicine; Pollution measurement; Positron emission tomography; Robustness; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.159770

Filename

159770