The influence of filtered back-projection and iterative reconstruction on partial volume correction in PET

NuklearMedizin

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 99-106

  Kops, Ele Rota ^a   Krause, B J ^b,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 dimensional partial volume correction; Filtered back projection; MR imaging; OSEM; PET; Phantom experiments; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 20444448167     PISSN: 00295566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625713     Document Type: Article

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