Monte carlo-based statistical SPECT reconstruction: Influence of number of photon tracks

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1365-1369

  De Wit, Tim C ^a,b,c   Xiao, Jianbin ^a,b,c   Beekman, Freek J ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Image reconstruction; Monte Carlo simulation; Scatter; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; PHOTON TRACKS; SCATTER; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 29144511202     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858220     Document Type: Article

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