Bayesian Image Reconstruction in SPECT Using Higher Order Mechanical Models as Priors

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 669-680

  Lee, Soo Jin ^a   Rangarajan, Anand ^b   Gindi, Gene ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES;

BAYESIAN RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMATE AUTORADIOGRAPHS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029512905     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.476108     Document Type: Article

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