Overview of methods for image reconstruction from projections in emission computed tomography

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1588-1611

  Lewitt, Robert M ^a   Matej, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission tomography; Image reconstruction from projections; Inverse problems; Positron emission tomography (PET); Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

DATA COLLECTION; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FROM PROJECTIONS; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 1942516712     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2003.817882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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