Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Blob-Based Time-of-Flight PET Image Reconstruction in Hybrid Brain PET/MR Imaging

• Published in: Molecular imaging and biology Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 704 - 713
• Main Authors: Leemans, Eva L., Kotasidis, Fotis, Wissmeyer, Michael, Garibotto, Valentina, Zaidi, Habib
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Dementia - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Phantoms, Imaging; Positron-Emission Tomography - methods; Radiology; Research Article; Blobs; PET/MRI; Visual quality; Noise; Contrast; Image reconstruction

Purpose Many neurological diseases affect small structures in the brain and, as such, reliable visual evaluation and accurate quantification are required. Recent technological developments made the clinical use of hybrid positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) systems possible, prov...