Doc/HowToCorrelatePETCT.txt

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   2 - CT/PET Links:
   3 [Correlating CT and PT series]
   4 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/50bd859e0232a735/6040b545240c8fa4
   5 Quote:
   6 For completeness, there are three ways an application can
   7 correlate CT and PET (or other sets) using DICOM only:
   8
   9 1) Code all the images with the same Frame of Reference UID.
  10 At least one major vendor does this now.
  11
  12 2) Make assumptions based on specific implementation behavior
  13 based on data elements that match (e.g. perhaps Study Time, or
  14 matching values in the General Equipment Module).
  15 Without actual trial and experience verifying the correlation,
  16 I agree, that an assumption is not wise
  17
  18 3) Use the recent Supplement 73 Spatial Registration Storage SOP Classes.
  19 This capability allows explicitly specifying the spatial transformation
  20 from one Frame of Reference to another. However, this supplement
  21 is probably too recent to be in use.
  22
  23 [Is there a SOP class for CT-PET images?]
  24 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/bb96abb730624a8a/5a78f1ff0199a727
  25
  26 [Everything you have always hated about the DICOM PET SOP Class, but were afraid to ask]
  27 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/dc3a07d4999445ae/560fd0a064145d61
  28
  29 [fMRI Dicom objects]
  30 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/30897c138442daad/27382b21968ce0b3
  31 Quote:
  32 WG 17 is considering the matter of registration of images
  33 in 3D, including rigid (and probably non-rigid) body
  34 transformations. This effort has been prioritized over
  35 WG 17's other work on multi-dimensional representation
  36 as a consequence of the prevalence of PET-CT fusion
  37 applications. See:
  38
  39 ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/supps/sup73_05.pdf
  40 broken link use instead: ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/final/sup73_ft4.pdf
  41
  42 [4 PET/CT questions]
  43 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/56d07d5686e2ec67/b4c131f3e711716f
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  47 - Spatial registration oriented:
  48 [Spatial Registration]
  49 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/ab94a61d33082e29/d929474e92c30b24
  50
  51 [presentation context ID]
  52 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/a4bb2647d5a91001/d0fbff58a644ce7c
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