Optimization of pinhole imaging system using ideal observer for detection and localization

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3978-3985

  Zhou, Lili ^a,b   Khurd, Parmeshwar ^a,c   Kulkarni, Santosh ^a,d   Rangarajan, Anand ^a,e   Gindi, Gene ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Stony Brook University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection and localization; Ideal observer; LROC; Pinhole; Planar emission imaging; ROC

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION; IDEAL OBSERVER; LROC; PINHOLE; PLANAR EMISSION IMAGING; ROC;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349120366     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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