Application of expectation maximization algorithms for image resolution improvement in a small animal PET system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 684-690

  Antich, Pietro ^a   Parkey, Robert ^a   Seliounine, Serguei ^a   Slavine, Nikolai ^a   Tsyganov, Edward ^a   Zinchenko, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Iterative image reconstruction; Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ARRAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTERING; TISSUE;

EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION (EM); ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES (PSPMT); SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 23844451409     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.851479     Document Type: Article

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