An evaluation of iterative reconstruction strategies based on mediastinal lesion detection using hybrid Ga-67 SPECT images

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4808-4815

  Pereira, Nicholas F ^a,b   Gifford, Howard C ^b   Pretorius, P Hendrik ^b   Smyczynski, Mark ^b   Licho, Robert ^b   Schneider, Peter ^b   Farncombe, Troy ^c   King, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Monte Carlo simulation; Observer study; SPECT

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; EXPECTATION - MAXIMIZATIONS; FILTERED-BACKPROJECTION RECONSTRUCTION; LOCALIZATION RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; OBSERVER STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS; RESCALED BLOCK ITERATIVE; SPECT;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 54949140075     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2988164     Document Type: Article

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