Evaluation of the Effect of Reconstructed Image Pixel Size on Defect Detectability in Tl-201 Fan-Beam SPECT by an Observer Performance Study

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1267-1275

  Gregoriou, G K ^a   Tsui, B M W ^b   Gullberg, G T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of Utah ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTONS; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAN-BEAM SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL DEFECT DETECTION; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE STUDY; PHOTON ATTENUATION; PIXEL SIZE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029358378     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467870     Document Type: Article

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