Comparison of 3D-OP-OSEM and 3D-FBP reconstruction algorithms for High-Resolution Research Tomograph studies: Effects of randoms estimation methods

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3217-3230

  Van Velden, Floris H P ^a   Kloet, Reina W ^a   Van Berckel, Bart N M ^a   Wolfensberger, Saskia P A ^a   Lammertsma, Adriaan A ^a   Boellaard, Ronald ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ESTIMATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPAIR; RESTORATION; STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; CLINICAL DATA; CONTRAST RATIO; ESTIMATION METHODS; FILTERED-BACK PROJECTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION RESEARCH TOMOGRAPH; HUMAN BRAINS; NEGATIVE DEVIATIONS; PHANTOM STUDIES; PHARMACOKINETIC PARAMETERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SCAN STATISTICS; STANDARD DEVIATION; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS; WHITE MATTER; WINDOW TECHNIQUES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 45949099893     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/010     Document Type: Article

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