Noise reduction in PET attenuation correction using non-linear gaussian filters

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 3, 2000, Pages 994-999

  Kitamura, K ^a   Lida, H ^b   Shidahara, M ^a   Miura, S ^b   Kanno, I ^c  

^a SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIGITAL FILTERS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION FACTORS; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; NOISE REDUCTION; NONLINEAR GAUSSIAN FILTERS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034205815     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.856537     Document Type: Article

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