Algebraic Reconstruction Techniques Can Be Made Computationally Efficient

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 600-609

  Herman, Gabor T ^a   Meyer, Lorraine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; RELAXATION PARAMETERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027659444     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.241889     Document Type: Article

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