Covariance approximation for fast and accurate computation of channelized Hotelling observer statistics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1567-1572

  Bonetto, Paola ^a   Qi, Jiniyi ^b   Lcahy, Richard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CHANNELIZED HOTELLING OBSERVER (CHO); COVARIANCE APPROXIMATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034244956     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.873017     Document Type: Article

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