An algorithm to adjust a rigid CT-SPECT fusion so as to maximize tumor counts from CT VoI in I-131 therapies

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 1432-1436

  Li, Jia ^a   Koral, Kenneth F ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THERAPIES; VOLUME OF INTEREST;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035555037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Penalized maximum-likelihood image reconstruction using space-alternating generalized EM algorithms