Evaluation of maximum-likelihood position estimation with Poisson and Gaussian noise models in a small gamma camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 101-104

  Chung, Yong Hyun ^a,b   Choi, Yong ^a   Song, Tae Yong ^a   Jung, Jin Ho ^a   Cho, Gyuseong ^b   Choe, Yearn Seong ^a   Lee, Kyung Han ^a   Kim, Sang Eun ^a   Kim, Byung Tae ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Position measurement; Position sensitive PMT; Small gamma camera

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSITION MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC CAMERAS;

POSITION SENSITIVE PMT; SMALL GAMMA CAMERA;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 2342637068     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.823053     Document Type: Article

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