About the Series |
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Foreword |
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List of Contributors |
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1 Introduction |
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1.2 Principle of emission tomography |
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1.3 Electromagnetic spectrum |
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1.4 Need for correction techniques |
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I Background |
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2 Biomedical Applications of Emission Tomography |
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2.1 The role of imaging in biomedical research and applications |
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2.2 Functional and molecular imaging by emission tomography enables high sensitivity and spatial resolution |
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2.3 Biomedical applications of emission tomography depend on tracers |
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2.4.1 Preclinical applications |
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2.4.2 Clinical applications |
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2.4.3 Examples of biomedical applications of emission tomography |
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2.4.3.1 Bioluminescence imaging of tumor growth |
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2.4.3.2 Dynamic PET in pharmakodynamic studies |
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2.4.3.3 From mice to men-Non-invasive translational imaging of inflammatory activity in graft- versus-host disease |
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2.4.3.4 PET to quantify catecholamine recycling and receptor density in patients with arrhythmias |
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2.4.3.5 Multiparametric imaging of brain tumors |
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3 PET Image Reconstruction |
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3.2 Analytical algorithms |
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3.2.2 Filtered backprojection |
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3.2.3 Implementation: Resolution and complexity |
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3.2.4 Implementation and rebinning |
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3.2.4.2 3D filtered backprojection |
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3.3.1 ART-Algebraic reconstruction technique |
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3.3.3 Computing the system matrix |
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II Correction Techniques in PET and SPECT |
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4 Basics of PET and SPECT Imaging |
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4.1.1 Interaction of photons with matter |
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4.1.1.1 Photoelectric effect |
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4.1.1.2 Compton scattering |
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4.1.4 Variation in detector efficiency, normalization |
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4.1.5 Dead time effects (loss of count rate) (PET and SPECT) |
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4.1.6 Partial volume effects (PET and SPECT) |
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4.1.7 Time resolution and randoms (PET only) |
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4.1.8 Collimator effects-Distance dependent spatial resolution (SPECT only) |
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4.1.9 Positron range and annihilation (PET only) |
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5 Corrections for Physical Factors |
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5.3.1 Singles-based correction |
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5.3.2 Delayed window correction |
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5.4 Attenuation correction |
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5.4.1 Stand-alone emission tomography systems |
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5.4.2 PET/CT and SPECT/CT systems |
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5.4.3 Attenuation correction artifacts |
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5.5.1 Energy windowing methods |
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5.5.3 Direct calculation methods |
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5.5.4 Iterative reconstruction methods |
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6 Corrections for Scanner-Related Factors |
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6.1 Positron emission tomography |
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6.1.3 Noise equivalent count rates |
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6.2 Single photon emission computed tomography |
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6.2.1 Linearity, center of rotation, and whole body imaging |
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7 Image Processing Techniques in Emission Tomography |
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7.2.2 Fourier transform domain |
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7.2.3 Wavelet transform domain |
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7.4.1.1 Nature of transformation |
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7.4.1.2 Similarity measure |
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7.5 Partial volume correction |
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7.5.1 The partial volume effect in PET imaging |
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7.7.1 Intensity-based measures |
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8 Motion Correction in Emission Tomography |
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8.1.1 Magnitude of motion |
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8.1.1.2 Respiratory motion |
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8.2 Motion correction on 3D PET data |
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8.2.2 Rigid motion correction |
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8.2.3 Elastic motion correction |
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8.3.1 Image constraint equation |
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8.3.2 Optical flow methods |
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8.3.3 Optical flow in medical imaging |
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8.4 Lucas-Kanade optical flow |
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8.5 Horn-Schunck optical flow |
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8.7 Preserving discontinuities |
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8.8 Correcting for motion |
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8.9 Mass conservation-based optical flow |
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8.9.1 Correcting for motion |
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9 Combined Correction and Reconstruction Methods |
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9.2 Parameter identification |
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9.2.1 Compartment modeling |
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9.2.2 4D methods incorporating linear parameter identification |
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9.2.3 4D methods incorporating nonlinear parameter identification |
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9.3 Combined reconstruction and motion correction |
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9.3.1 The advantages of the list mode format |
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9.3.2 Motion correction during an iterative reconstruction algorithm |
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9.3.2.1 Approaches based on a rigid or affine motion model |
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9.3.2.2 Approaches based on a non-rigid motion model |
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9.4 Combination of parameter identification and motion estimation |
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III Recent Developments |
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10 Introduction Hybrid Tomographic Imaging |
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209 | (8) |
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10.2 Combining PET and SPECT |
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10.3 The combination with MR |
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10.4 Combining ultrasound with PET and SPECT |
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11 MR-based Attenuation Correction for PET/MR |
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11.2 MR-AC for brain applications |
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11.2.1 Segmentation approaches |
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11.3 Methods for torso imaging |
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11.4.1 The presence of bone |
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11.4.2 MR imaging with ultrashort echo time (UTE) |
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11.4.3 Required PET accuracy |
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11.4.4 Validation of MR-AC methods |
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11.4.5 Truncated field-of-view |
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11.4.6 MR coils and positioning aids |
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11.4.8 Potential benefits of MR-AC |
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11.4.9 Additional potential benefits of simultaneous PET/MR acquisition |
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12.2 Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) |
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12.2.1 Light propagation model |
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12.2.1.1 Photon interaction with biological tissue |
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12.2.1.2 The diffusion approximation |
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12.2.1.3 Model for a fluorescence heterogeneity |
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12.2.2 Reconstruction of the fluorochrome distribution |
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12.3 FMT and hybrid FMT systems |
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12.3.1.3 360° projections |
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12.3.2 Multimodal optical imaging |
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12.3.2.1 Optical tomography and MRI |
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Index |
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