Image filtering in single-photon emission computed tomography: Principles and applications

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-133

  Van Laere, K ^a   Koole, M ^b   Lemahieu, I ^b   Dierckx, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Filtering; Image processing; Image quality; Quantitation; Single photon emission computed tomography; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STANDARDIZATION;

HANN-BUTTERWORTH FILTERS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION;

BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035284535     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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