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New SPM8-based MRAC method for simultaneous PET/MR brain images: comparison with state-of-the-art non-rigid registration methods

Authors: David Izquierdo-Garcia, Kevin T Chen, Adam E Hansen, Stefan Förster, Didier Benoit, Sylvia Schachoff, Sebastian Fürst, Daniel B Chonde and Ciprian Catana

On transcending the impasse of respiratory motion correction applications in routine clinical imaging - a consideration of a fully automated data driven motion control framework

Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly used for the detection, characterization, and follow-up of tumors located in the thorax. However, patient respiratory motion presents a unique limitation that...

Authors: Adam L Kesner, Paul J Schleyer, Florian Büther, Martin A Walter, Klaus P Schäfers and Phillip J Koo

Cluster-based segmentation of dual-echo ultra-short echo time images for PET/MR bone localization

Magnetic resonance (MR)-based attenuation correction is a critical component of integrated positron emission tomography (PET)/MR scanners. It is generally achieved by segmenting MR images into tissue classes w...

Authors: Gaspar Delso, Konstantinos Zeimpekis, Michael Carl, Florian Wiesinger, Martin Hüllner and Patrick Veit-Haibach

The dynamics of physics in PET

From a technical perspective, there are fundamentally two forces driving the evolution of instrumentation in positron emission tomography (PET) and nuclear medicine generally: clinical needs and technical inno...

Authors: Charles C Watson

The contribution of physics to Nuclear Medicine: physicians’ perspective on future directions

Advances in Nuclear Medicine physics enabled the specialty of Nuclear Medicine and directed research in other aspects of radiotracer imaging, ultimately leading to Nuclear Medicine’s emergence as an important ...

Authors: David A Mankoff and Daniel A Pryma

Thirty years from now: future physics contributions in nuclear medicine

This paper is the first in a series of invited perspectives by pioneers of nuclear medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a nuclear medicine physician each take a backward and a forward look at ...

Authors: Dale L Bailey

The contribution of medical physics to nuclear medicine: a physician's perspective

This paper is the second in a series of invited perspectives by four pioneers of nuclear medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a nuclear medicine clinical specialist each take a backward look a...

Authors: Peter J Ell

The contribution of Medical Physics to Nuclear Medicine: looking back - a physicist’s perspective

This paper is the first in a series of invited perspectives by four pioneers of Nuclear Medicine imaging and physics. A medical physicist and a Nuclear Medicine clinical specialist each take a backward look an...

Authors: Brian F Hutton

EJNMMI Physics - an editor's perspective

Authors: Thomas Beyer and Igansi Carrio