Reduction of noise amplification in SPECT using smaller detector bin size

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1417-1427

  Hwang, DoSik ^b,c   Zeng, Gengsheng L ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector bin size; Iterative reconstruction algorithm; Maximum likelihood expectation maximization; Noise reduction; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR BIN SIZE; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION (ML-EM); SPECT;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE ABATEMENT; PHOTODETECTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 29144460959     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858198     Document Type: Article

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