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24 April 2002 Dual-modality imaging of function and physiology
Bruce H. Hasegawa, Koji Iwata, Kenneth H. Wong, Max C. Wu, Angela Da Silva, Hamilton Roger Tang, William C. Barber, Andrew B. Hwang, Anne E. Sakdinawat
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Proceedings Volume 4683, Medical Imaging 2002: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463620
Event: Medical Imaging 2002, 2002, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
Dual-modality imaging is a technique where computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is combined with positron emission tomography or single-photon computed tomography to acquire structural and functional images with an integrated system. The data are acquired during a single procedure with the patient on a table viewed by both detectors to facilitate correlation between the structural and function images. The resulting data can be useful for localization for more specific diagnosis of disease. In addition, the anatomical information can be used to compensate the correlated radionuclide data for physical perturbations such as photon attenuation, scatter radiation, and partial volume errors. Thus, dual-modality imaging provides a priori information that can be used to improve both the visual quality and the quantitative accuracy of the radionuclide images. Dual-modality imaging systems also are being developed for biological research that involves small animals. The small-animal dual-modality systems offer advantages for measurements that currently are performed invasively using autoradiography and tissue sampling. By acquiring the required data noninvasively, dual-modality imaging has the potential to allow serial studies in a single animal, to perform measurements with fewer animals, and to improve the statistical quality of the data.
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Bruce H. Hasegawa, Koji Iwata, Kenneth H. Wong, Max C. Wu, Angela Da Silva, Hamilton Roger Tang, William C. Barber, Andrew B. Hwang, and Anne E. Sakdinawat "Dual-modality imaging of function and physiology", Proc. SPIE 4683, Medical Imaging 2002: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, (24 April 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463620
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KEYWORDS
Imaging systems
X-ray computed tomography
Signal attenuation
Positron emission tomography
Sensors
X-rays
Spatial resolution
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