DOI-PET Image Reconstruction with Accurate System Modeling that Reduces Redundancy of the Imaging System

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1404-1409

  Yamaya, Taiga ^a   Hagiwara, Naoki ^a   Obi, Takashi ^a   Yamaguchi, Masahiro ^a   Kita, Kouichi ^a   Ohyama, Nagaaki ^a   Kitamura, Keishi ^b   Hasegawa, Tomoyuki ^c   Haneishi, Hideaki ^d   Murayama, Hideo ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction (DOI); Imaging system model; Maximum likelihood expectation maximization (ML EM); Positron emission tomography; Statistical image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

SYSTEM MODELING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 10744224848     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.817307     Document Type: Article

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