3D-OSEM transition matrix for high resolution PET imaging with modeling of the gamma-event detection

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3046-3050

  Ortuño, Juan E ^a   Kontaxakis, George ^a   Guerra, Pedro ^a   Santos, Andrés ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS;

ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION (IIR); LINE OF RESPONSE (LOR); ORDERED SUBSETS EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION (OSEM); TRANSITION MATRIX;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844495641     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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