Analytic and iterative reconstruction algorithms in SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1343-1358

  Bruyant, Philippe P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic reconstruction algorithm; Iterative reconstruction algorithms; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGING; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036788460     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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