Attenuation Correction for Magnetic Resonance Coils in Combined PET/MR Imaging: A Review

Mootaz Eldib; Jason Bini; David D Faul; Niels Oesingmann; Charalampos Tsoumpas; Zahi A Fayad

doi:10.1016/j.cpet.2015.10.004

Attenuation Correction for Magnetic Resonance Coils in Combined PET/MR Imaging: A Review

PET Clin. 2016 Apr;11(2):151-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2015.10.004. Epub 2015 Nov 27.

Authors

Mootaz Eldib¹, Jason Bini², David D Faul³, Niels Oesingmann³, Charalampos Tsoumpas⁴, Zahi A Fayad⁵

Affiliations

¹ Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA.
² Department of Diagnostic Radiology, PET Center, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, 801 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
³ Siemens Healthcare, 527 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA.
⁴ Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Division of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, 8.001a Worsley Building, Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
⁵ Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Cardiology, Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Cardiovascular Health Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: zahi.fayad@mssm.edu.

Abstract

With the introduction of clinical PET/magnetic resonance (MR) systems, novel attenuation correction methods are needed, as there are no direct MR methods to measure the attenuation of the objects in the field of view (FOV). A unique challenge for PET/MR attenuation correction is that coils for MR data acquisition are located in the FOV of the PET camera and could induce significant quantitative errors. In this review, current methods and techniques to correct for the attenuation of a variety of coils are summarized and evaluated.

Keywords: Attenuation correction; Image analysis; MR imaging surface coils; PET/MR imaging; PET/MR reconstruction; Scatter correction.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Artifacts
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Forecasting
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / trends
Multimodal Imaging / instrumentation*
Multimodal Imaging / methods
Multimodal Imaging / trends
Phantoms, Imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography / instrumentation*
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
Positron-Emission Tomography / trends
Scattering, Radiation

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding