Spline-regularized ordered subsets expectation-maximization algorithms for emission computed tomography

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Lee, Soo Jin ^a  

^a PaiChai University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION (EM) ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GRADIENT METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SET THEORY; SPLINES;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037283520     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1525791     Document Type: Article

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