Image reconstruction algorithm for a spinning strip CZT SPECT camera with a parallel slat collimator and small pixels

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3461-3473

  Zeng, Gengsheng L ^a   Gagnon, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Filtered backprojection reconstruction; Image reconstruction algorithm; Imaging instrumentation; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CAMERAS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; ZINC ALLOYS;

FILTERED-BACKPROJECTION RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; IMAGING INSTRUMENTATION; PARALLEL-SLAT COLLIMATOR; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; PHOTON COUNT; SLAT COLLIMATORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11244299746     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1813873     Document Type: Article

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