Evaluation of the number of SPECT projections in the ordered subsets-expectation maximization image reconstruction method

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 525-530

  Takahashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Murase, Kenya ^b   Mochizuki, Teruhito ^b   Higashino, Hiroshi ^b   Sugawara, Yoshifumi ^b   Kinda, Akiyoshi ^b  

^a Ehime Pref Matsuyama Reg Office   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ordered subsets expectation maximization; The number of SPECT projections; Transmission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; ORDERED SUBSETS EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242661393     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03006664     Document Type: Article

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