Fast maximum entropy approximation in SPECT using the RBI-MAP algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 286-294

  Lalush, David S ^a,b   Frey, Eric C ^a,b   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY APPROXIMATION; RESCALED BLOCK-ITERATIVE (RBI) A MAXIMUM POSTERIORI (MAP) ALGORITHM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034164336     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.848180     Document Type: Article

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