Aperture optimization in emission imaging using optimal LROC observers

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1703-1710

  Khurd, Parmeshwar ^a,b   Zhou, Lili ^a,c   Rangarajan, Anand ^a,d   Gindi, Gene ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideal observer; Lesion detection; LROC; Pinhole; Planar emission imaging; ROC

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON EQUATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

IDEAL OBSERVERS; LESION DETECTION; PLANAR EMISSION IMAGING; POISSON DATA NOISE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 38649110194     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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