Optimization of 3D TOF PET reconstruction using a limited number of 2D histoprojections

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1596-1600

  Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a,b   Daube Witherspoon, Margaret ^c   Matej, Samuel ^d   Lewitt, Robert ^d   Karp, Joel ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOPROJECTIONS; MASHING ANGLES; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF); TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; SCANNING;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33846639086     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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