A maximum likelihood method for region-of-interest evaluation in emission tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 654-663

  Carson, Richard Ei ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission computed tomography; Emission computed tomography, physics; Emission computed tomography, techniques

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0022536597     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198607000-00021     Document Type: Article

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