Strategies for deep learning-based attenuation and scatter correction of brain F-FDG PET images in the image domain.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Attenuation and scatter correction is crucial for quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Direct attenuation correction (AC) in the image domain using deep learning approaches has been recently proposed for combined PET/MR and standalone PET modalities lacking transmission scanning devices or anatomical imaging.

Authors

  • Reza Jahangir
    Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Alireza Kamali-Asl
  • Hossein Arabi
    Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
  • Habib Zaidi
    Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland. habib.zaidi@hcuge.ch.