An observer study of reconstruction strategies for the detection of solitary pulmonary nodules using hybrid NeoTect SPECT images

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2690-2694

  Zheng, X M ^a,b   Gifford, H C ^a   Pretorias, P H ^a   King, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

DISTANCE DEPENDENT RESOLUTION; FILTERED BACKPROPAGATION (FBP); LROC CURVES; OSEM; SPECT IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844305961     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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