Parametric image reconstruction using spectral analysis of PET projection data

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 651-666

  Meikle, Steven R ^a,b   Matthews, Julian C ^a   Cunningham, Vincent J ^a   Bailey, Dale L ^a   Livieratos, Lefteris ^a   Jones, Terry ^a   Price, Pat ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE; THYMIDINE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031881781     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/3/016     Document Type: Article

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