ABSTRACT

Written by an interdisciplinary team of medical doctors, computer scientists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians, Correction Techniques in Emission Tomography presents various correction methods used in emission tomography to generate and enhance images. It discusses the techniques from a computer science, mathematics, and physics viewpoint.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

ByKlaus P. Scha¨fers

part I|2 pages

I Background

chapter 3|18 pages

PET Image Reconstruction

part II|2 pages

II Correction Techniques in PET and SPECT

chapter 4|16 pages

Basics of PET and SPECT Imaging

chapter 5|38 pages

Corrections for Physical Factors

chapter 6|14 pages

Corrections for Scanner-Related Factors

ByMarc Huismann

chapter 8|28 pages

Motion Correction in Emission Tomography

chapter 9|22 pages

Combined Correction and Reconstruction Methods

ByMartin Benning, Thomas Ko¨sters, and Frederic Lamare

part III|2 pages

III Recent Developments

chapter 10|8 pages

Introduction Hybrid Tomographic Imaging

chapter 11|24 pages

MR-based Attenuation Correction for PET/MR

chapter 12|40 pages

Optical Imaging