Automatic estimation of detector radial position for contoured SPECT acquisition using CT images on a SPECT/CT system

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2800-2808

  Liu, Ruijie Rachel ^a   Erwin, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid imaging; NCO SPECT; SPECT detector radius; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OBJECT DETECTION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; DETECTOR RADIUS; HYBRID IMAGING; HYBRID IMAGING SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; NCO SPECT; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SPECT/CT;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; YTTRIUM 90;

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746636381     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2219770     Document Type: Article

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