Segmentation of Striatal Brain Structures from High Resolution PET Images

We propose and evaluate an automatic segmentation method for extracting striatal brain structures (caudate, putamen, and ventral striatum) from parametric C11-raclopride positron emission tomography (PET) brain images. We focus on the images acquired using a novel brain dedicated high-resolution (HR...

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Main Authors: Ricardo J. P. C. Farinha, Ulla Ruotsalainen, Jussi Hirvonen, Lauri Tuominen, Jarmo Hietala, José M. Fonseca, Jussi Tohka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/156234
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