High-resolution image reconstruction for PET using estimated detector response functions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6498, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tohme, Michel S ^a   Qi, Jinyi ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector response; Iterative image reconstruction; Positron emission tomography; System modeling

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CLINICAL SCANNERS; DETECTOR RESPONSE; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SYSTEM MODELING;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 34548233230     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.716739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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