3-D Monte Carlo-based scatter compensation in quantitative I-131 SPECT reconstruction

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-188

  Dewaraja, Yuni K ^a,b   Ljungberg, Michael ^a,c   Fessier, Jeffrey A ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

I 131 SPECT; Image reconstruction; Monte Carlo; Scatter correction; SPECT quantification

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; I-131 SPECT; SCATTER CORRECTION; SPECT QUANTIFICATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33645662166     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862956     Document Type: Article

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