AnalyzeDirect

Malone IB, Ansorge RE, Williams GB, Nestor PJ, Carpenter TA, Fryer TD. Attenuation correction methods suitable for brain imaging with a PET/MRI scanner: a comparison of tissue atlas and template attenuation map approaches. J Nucl Med. July 2011;52(7):1142-1149.

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Publication Date
July 2011

How Analyze was Used
“The object extractor tool in Analyze (AnalyzeDirect) was used to remove attenuation outside the head due to the bed and head holder.”

Keywords
Brain/cytology/adionuclide imaging
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/diagnostic use
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
Models, Biological
Positron-Emission Tomography (PET)/methods

Author Affiliation(s)
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. (IBM, REA)

Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK. (GBW, TAC, TDF)

Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK. (PJN)

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Tags: Biological Models, Brain/cytology/adionuclide imaging, Computer-Assisted Image Processing/methods, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/diagnostic use, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods, Positron-Emission Tomography (PET)/methods