Virtual scanner geometry for iterative 3D PET reconstruction adaptable to complex and irregular scanner topologies

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3458-3460

  Scheins, J ^b   Axer, M ^b   Pietrzyk, U ^a,b   Herzog, H ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPAIR; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D RECONSTRUCTIONS; CLEARPET; CONVERSION METHODS; CRYSTAL SIZES; DATA CONVERSIONS; GEOMETRICAL ACCURACIES; HIGH POTENTIALS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS; LAYER DESIGNS; NOISE RATIOS; OPERATING EXPENSES; PET SCANNERS; PROJECTION DATUMS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SCANNER GEOMETRIES; SYSTEM RESPONSES; VIRTUAL GEOMETRIES;

SCANNING;

EID: 48349088258     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436874     Document Type: Conference Paper

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