Rapid computation of LROC figures of merit using numerical observers (for SPECT/PET reconstruction)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 618-626

  Khurd, Parmeshwar ^a   Gindi, Gene ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image quality; Localization receiver operating characteristic (LROC); Maximum a posteriori (MAP) reconstruction; Model observer; Positron emission tomography (PET); Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

LOCALIZATION RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (LROC); MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI (MAP) RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL OBSERVERS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 17144400737     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.851458     Document Type: Article

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