Statistically based, spatially adaptive noise reduction of planar nuclear studies

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5747, Issue I, 2005, Pages 634-645

  Vija, A Hans ^a   Gosnell, Timothy R ^b   Yahil, Amos ^b   Hawman, Eric G ^a   Engdahl, John C ^c  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Pixon LLC   (United States)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data driven; Image processing; Noise reduction; Nuclear medicine; Planar imaging; Poisson statistics; Scintigraphic images; Spatially adaptive; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

DATA-DRIVEN; PLANAR IMAGING; POISSON STATISTICS; SCINTIGRAPHIC IMAGES; SPATIALLY ADAPTIVE;

DATA ACQUISITION; DRUG DOSAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENT MONITORING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 23844447043     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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