1st Edition
Correction Techniques in Emission Tomography
Introduction. BACKGROUND: Biomedical Applications of Emission Tomography. PET Image Reconstruction. CORRECTIONS TECHNIQUES IN PET AND SPECT: Basics of PET and SPECT Imaging. Corrections for Physical Factors. Corrections for Scanner Related Factors. Image Processing Techniques in Emission Tomography. Motion Correction in Emission Tomography. Combined Correction and Reconstruction Methods. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: Introduction into Hybrid Tomographic Imaging. MR-Based Attenuation Correction for PET/MR. Optical Imaging. Index.
Biography
Mohammad Dawood is a researcher at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging. He earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Münster. His research interests include motion correction and tumor segmentation in medical imaging as well as biometrics and pattern analysis in image analysis.
Xiaoyi Jiang is a professor at the University of Münster and a scientist at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging. An IEEE senior member and an IAPR fellow, he earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Bern. His research areas include medical imaging analysis, pattern recognition, and computer vision.
Klaus Schäfers is head of the technology group at the European Institute for Molecular Imaging. He earned a PhD in medical physics from the University of Münster. His research interests include quantitative PET, motion detection and correction, high-resolution PET, multimodal molecular imaging techniques, and molecular imaging information in radiation therapy planning.
