A minimal factor overlap method for resolving ambiguity in factor analysis of dynamic cardiac PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3268-3272

  Klein, Ran ^a,b   Bentourkia, M'hamed ^a,c   Beanlands, Rob S ^b   Adler, Andy ^a,d   DeKemp, Robert A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RUBIDIUM;

ACTIVITY PROFILES; ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS; CANINE MODELS; DYNAMIC CARDIACS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE CONSTRAINTS; NOVEL METHODS; PET IMAGES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESOLVING AMBIGUITIES; SIMULATED DATUMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL OVERLAPS; TISSUE TYPES; UNIQUE SOLUTIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349120873     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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