Human and numerical observer studies of lesion detection in Ga-67 images obtained with MAP-EM reconstructions and anatomical priors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 7, Issue , 2004, Pages 4072-4075

  Bruyant, Philippe P ^a   Gifford, Howard C ^a   Gindi, Gene ^b   Pretorius, P Hendrik ^a   King, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TUMORS;

AREAD-UNDER-THE-CURVES (AUC); FUNCTIONAL TUMORS; LOCALIZATION RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (LROC); PHANTOM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 23844536075     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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