Approximate 3D iterative reconstruction for SPECT

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1421-1429

  Gilland, David R ^a   Jaszczak, Ronald J ^a   Riauka, Terence A ^a,b   Coleman, R Edward ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity quantitation; Image reconstruction; Iterative methods; SPECT; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PHANTOMS;

ACTIVITY QUANTITATION; APPROXIMATE METHODS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; IMAGING CONTEXTS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; SPECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030821674     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598030     Document Type: Article

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