Optimization of regularization of attenuation and scatter-corrected 99mTc cardiac SPECT studies for defect detection using hybrid images

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3 II, 2001, Pages 785-789

  Narayanan, M V ^a   King, M A ^a   Leppo, J ^a   Dahlberg, S ^a   Hendrik Pretorius, P ^a   Gifford, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Iterative reconstruction; ROC observer studies; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR CORRECTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

GAUSSIAN LOW-PASS FILTERING; ORDERED-SUBSET EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION (OSEM); SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0035354919     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.940164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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