A Fast Reconstruction Algorithm for Stationary Positron Emission Tomography Based on a Modified EM Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 98-105

  Tanaka, Eiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION (EM); POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0023363465     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.1987.4307809     Document Type: Article

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