Optimization of iterative reconstructions of 99mTc cardiac SPECT studies using numerical observers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2355-2360

  Narayanan, M V ^a   Gifford, H C ^a   King, M A ^a   Pretorius, P H ^a   Farncombe, T H ^a   Bruyant, P ^a   Wernick, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Channelized hotelling observer (CHO); Human observer studies; Iterative reconstruction; Lesion detection; Numerical observers; Ordered subset expectation maximization (OSEM); Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) studies; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TUMORS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CHANNELIZED HOTELLING OBSERVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GAUSSIAN POSTFILTERING; IMAGE NOISE; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL OBSERVERS; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DETECTION ACCURACY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036815810     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803805     Document Type: Article

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