Enhanced parameter estimation from noisy PET data: Part II - Evaluation

Academic Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1448-1456

  Marcinkowski, Amy ^a   Layfield, Dominick ^b   Tgavalekos, Nora ^a,b   Venegas, Jose G ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Parameter estimation, functional imaging; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN 13; TRACER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; LUNG FUNCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 27244436444     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.08.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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