Challenges, techniques, and advancements for state-of-the-art PET image segmentation

Brent Foster, Ulas Bagci, Awais Mansoor, Ziyue Xu, Daniel J. Mollura

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, December 1–6, 2013, McCormick Place, Chicago

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A presentation listed for the RSNA 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in 2013. Its stated scope covers PET image segmentation methods, evaluation, and technical challenges.

Summary

The presentation’s stated aim was to survey positron emission tomography (PET) image segmentation techniques and discuss challenges involving image resolution, noise, attenuation-correction smoothing, discontinuous boundaries, and variation across pathologies. Its listed topics also include segmentation evaluation, semi-automated and automated methods, and recent developments. This summary reflects the available presentation description; it does not establish comparative findings or clinical validation.

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Brent Foster, Ulas Bagci, Awais Mansoor, Ziyue Xu, Daniel J. Mollura (2013). Challenges, techniques, and advancements for state-of-the-art PET image segmentation. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, December 1–6, 2013, McCormick Place, Chicago

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