Event-Driven Motion Compensation in Positron Emission Tomography: Development of a Clinically Applicable Method

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a well-established functional imaging method used in nuclear medicine. It allows for retrieving information about biochemical and physiological processes in vivo. The currently possible spatial resolution of PET is about 5 mm for brain acquisitions and about 8 m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Langner, Jens
Other Authors: Technische Universität Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden 2009
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-23509
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-23509
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/2350/langner_dissertation_www.pdf
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/2350/langner_verteidigung2009.pdf