The direct calculation of parametric images from dynamic PET data using maximum-likelihood iterative reconstruction

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1155-1173

  Matthews, Julian ^a   Bailey, Dale ^a   Price, Pat ^a   Cunningham, Vin ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030956911     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/6/012     Document Type: Article

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