A minimum chi-squared method for indirect parameter estimation from Poisson data

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-178

  Mair, B A ^a   Rao, Murali ^a   Anderson, J M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectation maximization; Maximum likelihood; Pearson; PET; SPECT; Tomography; Weighted least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036012654     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9574.00191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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