Statistical Reconstruction Methods in PET: Resolution Limit, Noise, Edge Artifacts and considerations for the design of better scanners

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 1846-1850

  Herraiz, J L ^a   Espana S ^a   Udias J M ^a   Vaquero, J J ^b   Desco, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; Iterative methods; MLEM; Noise; OSEM; Positron emission tomography; Resolution limit

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING;

HIGH FREQUENCY NOISE; LINE OF RESPONSE (LOR); MEASUREMENT TOOLS; TUBE OF RESPONSE (TOR);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846623453     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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