Towards analytical solution for 3D SPECT reconstruction with non-uniform attenuation and distance-dependent resolution variation: A Monte Carlo simulation study

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 20-28

  Lu, Hongbing ^a   Wen, Junhai ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Li, Tianfang ^a   Han, Guoping ^a   Liang, Zhengrong ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical reconstruction; Attenuated Radon transform; Non uniform attenuation; Object specific scatter; Resolution variation; Signal dependent Poisson noise

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

POISSON NOISE;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036032119     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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