An edge detection algorithm for attenuation correction in emission CT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 309-312

  Tomitani, Takehiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING;

BODY-EDGE DETECTION ALGORITHM; BRAIN IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL EFFECT IN BRAIN IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0022667556     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1987.4337354     Document Type: Article

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