Evaluation of MAP image reconstruction with positron range modeling for 3D PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2686-2689

  Bai, Bing ^a   Laforest, Richard ^b   Smith, Anne M ^a   Leahy, Richard M ^c  

^a Siemens Preclinical Solutions   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE NOISE; POSITRON RANGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33846629139     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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