Quantitative image reconstruction in PET from emission data only using cluster analysis

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-274

  Landmann, Michael ^a   Glatting, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Cluster analysis; Iterative image reconstruction; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THORAX;

EID: 0346964507     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00181     Document Type: Article

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