Improving PET Image Spatial Resolution by Experimental Measurement of Scanner Blurring Properties

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 975-977

  De Bernardi, E ^a   Zito, F ^b   Michelutti, L ^a   Mainardi, L ^a   Gerundini, P ^b   Baselli, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast Recovery; Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm; PET; Spatial Resolution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALS; ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONTRAST RECOVERY; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542332438     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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