Effect of reconstruction and filtering on kinetic parameter estimation bias and reliability for dynamic SPECT: A simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Wen, Lingfeng ^a,b   Eberl, Stefan ^b,c   Wong, Koon Pong ^b,d   Feng, Dagan ^b,d   Bai, Jing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Filtering; Image reconstruction; Monte Carlo methods; Quantitative analysis; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NOISE ABATEMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; KINETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATION; NOISE LEVEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 17644385851     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.843622     Document Type: Article

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