A Generalized EM Algorithm for 3-D Bayesian Reconstruction from Poisson Data Using Gibbs Priors

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 194-202

  Hebert, Tom ^a   Leahy, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY--RANDOM PROCESSES;

3D BAYESIAN RECONSTRUCTION; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; GENERALIZED EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHM; GIBBS FUNCTIONS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0024681039     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.24868     Document Type: Article

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