Reduction of dental filling metallic artifacts in CT‐based attenuation correction of PET data using weighted virtual sinograms optimized by a genetic algorithm

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Mehrsima Abdoli · University Medical Center Groningen

Mohammad Reza Ay · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Alireza Ahmadian · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Rudi Dierckx · University Medical Center Groningen

Habib Zaidi · University Hospital of Geneva

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The proposed MAR algorithm improves the quality and quantitative accuracy of clinical head and neck PET/CT images and could be easily integrated in clinical setting.

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Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiation Dose and Imaging

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Published in: Medical Physics

Volume 37, Issue 12, pp. 6166-6177

DOI: 10.1118/1.3511507

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Reduction of dental filling metallic artifacts in CT‐based attenuation correction of PET data using weighted virtual sinograms optimized by a genetic algorithm

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