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Attenuation correction in positron emission tomography
Author(s) -
Natterer F.,
Herzog H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
mathematical methods in the applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-1476
pISSN - 0170-4214
DOI - 10.1002/mma.1670150504
Subject(s) - attenuation , positron emission tomography , correction for attenuation , tomography , positron emission , positron , distribution (mathematics) , transmission (telecommunications) , mathematics , computational physics , algorithm , nuclear medicine , mathematical analysis , physics , optics , computer science , nuclear physics , medicine , telecommunications , electron
We describe a mathematical method for computing the attenuation distribution from Positron emission tomography (PET) data. The method renders possible the correction of PET data for attenuation without a transmission scan. It can be applied if the attenuation distribution is sufficiently simple (abdomen and bead). We give the results for computer‐generated data and for data on patients.