Image noise variance in 3D OSEM reconstruction of clinical time-of-flight PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1736-1739

  Watson, Charles C ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Image noise variance; OSEM; PET; Time of flight; TOF

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE NOISE VARIANCE; LINEAR RECONSTRUCTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 38649119185     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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