Computerized evaluation of image reconstruction algorithms

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 256-267

  Browne, Jolyon A ^a   Herman, Gabor T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FILTERED BACKPROJECTION (FBP) METHOD; HUMAN BODY CROSS SECTION RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION (MLEM) ALGORITHM; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SUPERSNARK;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030231176     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(199623)7:3<256::AID-IMA14>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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