Choosing anatomical-prior strength for MAP SPECT reconstruction to maximize lesion detectability

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4222-4225

  Lehovich, Andre ^a,b   Gifford, Howard C ^a,b   Schneider, Peter B ^b   King, Michael A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; MIXING; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMICAL PRIORS; HUMAN OBSERVERS; LESION DETECTABILITY; LROC CURVES; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; OBSERVER PERFORMANCES; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSES; SEARCH TASKS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 44949155111     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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