The EM algorithm in medical imaging

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-75

  Kay, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031085098     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096228029700600105     Document Type: Article

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