List mode EM reconstruction of Compton scatter camera images in 3-D

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Wilderman, Scott J ^a   Clinthorne, N H ^b   Fessler, J A ^a,b,c   Hua, C H ^a,b   Les Rogers, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTEGRATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABSORPTION PROPABILITIES; COMPTON SCATTER CAMERA; ESCAPE PROBABILITIES; INHERENT SYSTEM RESOLUTION; SOLID ANGLE EFFECT;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034593549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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