The GEM MAP Algorithm with 3-D SPECT System Response

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 81-90

  Hebert, Thomas J ^a   Gopal, S Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING--ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING--RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

GAMMA CAMERA; GEM MAP ALGORITHM; HAMMERSLY-CLIFFORD THEOREM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026837502     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.126914     Document Type: Article

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