Simulation-based evaluation of NEG-ML iterative reconstruction of low count PET data

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 3009-3014

  Grèzes Besset, Louise ^a   Nuyts, Johan ^b   Boellard, Ronald ^c   Buvat, Irène ^d   Michel, Christian ^e   Pierre, Christian ^a   Costes, Nicolas ^a   Reilhac, Anthonin ^a  

^a CERMEP IMAGERIE DU VIVANT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; GETTERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPAIR; RESTORATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; ACTIVITY RECOVERY; BRAIN IMAGING; COLD REGIONS; DETECTABILITY; DYNAMIC PET; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; IMAGE-SPACE; ITERATION PROCESS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS; LARGE REGIONS; ML ALGORITHMS; NOISE CHARACTERISTICS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PET DATA; RECONSTRUCTION METHODS; REPLICATED DATA; SIMULATION-BASED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149105326     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436767     Document Type: Conference Paper

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