Comparison Between ML-EM and WLS-CG Algorithms for SPECT Image Reconstruction

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1766-1772

  Gullberg, Grant T ^b   Zhao, XiDe ^a   Frey, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING--ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING--RECONSTRUCTION; PROBABILITY; X-RAYS;

ML-EM ALGORITHM; SPECT IMAGE; WLS-CG ALGORITHM;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0026371160     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.124174     Document Type: Article

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