A generalized diffusion based inter-iteration nonlinear bilateral filtering scheme for PET image reconstruction

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 447-457

  Zhou, Jian ^a,b,c,d   Zhu, Hongqing ^e   Shu, Huazhong ^a,d   Luo, Limin ^a,d  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Centre de Recherche en Information Biomedicale Sinofrancais (CRIBs)   (France)

^e EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Diffusion; Domain filter; Filtering; Image reconstruction; Inter iteration; MAP; OSL; Range filter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR FILTERING;

BILATERAL FILTERS; IMAGE SMOOTHING; INTER-ITERATION FILTERING; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI (MAP);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTER ITERATION FILTERING SCHEME; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34447277895     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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