Comparing filtered backprojection and ordered-subsets expectation maximization for small-lesion detection and localization in 67Ga SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1391-1399

  Wells, R G ^a   King, M A ^a   Simkin, P H ^a   Judy, P F ^a   Brill, A B ^a   Gifford, H C ^a   Licho, R ^a   Pretorius, P H ^a   Schneider, P B ^a   Seldin, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Filtered backprojection; Localization receiver operating characteristic; Ordered subsets expectation maximization

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRUNK;

ALGORITHMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033881834     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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