Ideal-observer analysis of lesion detectability in planar, conventional SPECT, and dedicated SPECT scintimammography using effective multi-dimensional smoothing

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1273-1279

  La Riviere P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LESION DETECTABILITY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SMOOTHING; SCINTILLATION CAMERAS; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

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EID: 0032099659     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682016     Document Type: Article

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