Usefulness of noise adaptive non-linear Gaussian filter in FDG-PET study

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 469-477

  Nagayoshi, Makoto ^a,b   Murase, Kenya ^a,d   Fujino, Kouichi ^b   Uenishi, Yusuke ^a   Kawamata, Minoru ^a   Nakamura, Yukio ^b   Kitamura, Keishi ^c   Higuchi, Ichiro ^a   Oku, Naohiko ^a   Hatazawa, Jun ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Noise adaptive non linear Gaussian filter; Non linear Gaussian filter; Positron emission tomography; Transmission scan

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 27444436983     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985574     Document Type: Article

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