Numerical observer study of MAP-OSEM regularization methods with anatomical priors for lesion detection in 67Ga images

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 193-197

  Bruyant, Philippe P ^a   Gifford, Howard C ^a   Gindi, Gene ^b   King, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical priors; Gallium 67; Iterative methods; Numerical observer; Tomography; Tumor detection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALLIUM; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

ANATOMICAL PRIORS; LESION DETECTION; NUMERICAL OBSERVERS; TUMOR DETECTION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 2342579464     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.823050     Document Type: Article

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