Experimental task-based optimization of a four-camera variable-pinhole small-animal SPECT system

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5749, Issue , 2005, Pages 300-309

  Hesterman, Jacob Y ^a,b   Kupinski, Matthew A ^a,b   Furenlid, Lars R ^b   Wilson, Donald W ^b  

^a Optical Sciences Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

DETECTABILITY; FIGURES OF MERITS; HARDWARE OPTIMIZATIONS; HOTELLING OBSERVERS; IDEAL OBSERVERS; IMAGE SEQUENCE.; LAGUERRE; OBJECT MODELS; PROJECTION IMAGES; SIMULATED DATUMS; SIMULATED IMAGING; SPECT SYSTEMS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; SYSTEM HARDWARES; SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 24644474749     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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