Object dependency of resolution in reconstruction algorithms with interiteration filtering applied to PET data

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-446

  Mustafovic, Sanida ^a   Thielemans, Kris ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence; EMS; Iterative reconstruction; Resolution; Spatially adaptive filter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

INTERITERATION FILTERING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; SPATIALLY ADAPTIVE FILTER;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1942423252     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.824225     Document Type: Article

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