Scatter correction requirements for likelihood-based attenuation artifact correction in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2151-2154

  Laymon, C M ^b   Bowsher, J E ^a,c   Carney, J P J ^b   Blodgett, T M ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation measurement; Image reconstruction; Positron emission tomography; Xray tomography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ATTENUATION MEASUREMENT; POISSON LOGLIKELIHOOD FUNCTION; X RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38649103508     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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