Fourier block noise reduction: an adaptive filter for reducing Poisson noise in scintigraphic images

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-297

  Guy, Matthew J ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Image filtering; Poisson noise

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; IMAGING; NOISE REDUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 41849137903     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f38f69     Document Type: Article

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