Precision and Accuracy of Regional Radioactivity Quantitation Using the Maximum Likelihood EM Reconstruction Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 526-537

  Carson, Richard E ^a   Chodkowski, BettyAnn ^a   Yap, Tieng K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY;

IMAGE SMOOTHING; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; REGIONAL RADIOACTIVITY QUANTITATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0028496882     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.310884     Document Type: Article

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