International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 156234, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/156234
Research Article

Segmentation of Striatal Brain Structures from High Resolution PET Images

Ricardo J. P. C. Farinha,1,2,3 Ulla Ruotsalainen,1 Jussi Hirvonen,4,5 Lauri Tuominen,4,5 Jarmo Hietala,4,5 José M. Fonseca,2 and Jussi Tohka1

1Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, 33101 Tampere, Finland
2Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
3Ramboll Finland Oy, 02241 Espoo, Finland
4Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, 20700 Turku, Finland
5Turku PET Center, Neuropsychiatric Imaging, Turku University Central Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland

Received 23 March 2009; Revised 10 June 2009; Accepted 11 August 2009

Academic Editor: J. C. Chen

Copyright © 2009 Ricardo J. P. C. Farinha et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Ricardo J. P. C. Farinha, Ulla Ruotsalainen, Jussi Hirvonen, et al., “Segmentation of Striatal Brain Structures from High Resolution PET Images,” International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, vol. 2009, Article ID 156234, 12 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/156234