Leision quantification in dual-modality mammography using expectation maximization with attenuation correction

2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1392-1395

  Li, Heng ^a   Zheng, Yibin ^a   More, Mitali J ^b   Goodale, Patricia J ^b   Williams, Mark B ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; DUAL MODALITY SYSTEMS; EXPECTATION-MINIMIZATION (EM) METHOD; LESION QUANTIFICATION;

ATTENUATION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING; SCINTILLATION; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17144427005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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