Using the Hotelling observer on multislice and multiview simulated SPECT myocardial images

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 661-667

  Chen, Mu ^a,b   Bowsher, James E ^a,c   Baydush, Alan H ^b   Gilland, Karen L ^a,d   DeLong, David M ^c   Jaszczak, Ronald J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical observer; Multislice observer; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HOTELLING OBSERVER; MATHEMATICAL OBSERVER; MULTISLICE OBSERVER; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036624341     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039546     Document Type: Article

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