Title: Fast Patch-Based Pseudo-CT Synthesis from T1-Weighted MR Images for PET/MR Attenuation Correction in Brain Studies Running Title: MRI-Based Pseudo-CT Synthesis for PET/MR
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1 Medical Image Analysis and Biometry Lab, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain 2 Madrid-MIT M+Vision Consortium, Madrid, Madrid, Spain 3 Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 4 Dept. of Computer Science, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain 5 Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, HM Hospitales, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain 6 MAP5, CNRS UMR 8145, University Paris Descartes, Paris, Paris, France
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