Human-observer LROC study of lesion detection in Ga-67 SPECT images reconstructed using MAP with anatomical priors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1699-1702

  Lehovich, Andre ^a,b   Bruyant, Philippe P ^c   Gifford, Howard C ^a,b   Schneider, Peter B ^b   Squires, Shane ^b   Licho, Robert ^b   Gindi, Gene ^a,d   King, Michael A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical priors; Human observer study; LROC; SPECT reconstruction

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; TUMORS;

ANATOMICAL PRIORS; CITRATE IMAGES; HUMAN OBSERVER STUDY; SPECT RECONSTRUCTION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 38649134828     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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