A log likelihood based method for recovery of localized defects in PET attenuation-correction images

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2710-2714

  Laymon, Charles M ^a   Bowsher, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation measurement; Image reconstruction; Positron emission tomography; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; LOG LIKELIHOOD; RECOVERY LOCALIZED DEFECTS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 23844518541     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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