The impact of noisy attenuation maps and patient motion on human-observer performance at Ga-67 lesion detection in SPECT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Wells, R G ^a   Gifford, H C ^b   Pretorius, P H ^b   Farncombe, T ^b   King, M A ^b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; MATHEMATICAL CARDIAC TORSO;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034593845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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