Region-based maximum likelihood reconstruction for lesion quantification in positron emission tomography

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 540 CP, 2008, Pages

  De Bernardi, E ^a   Faggiano, E ^a   Zito, F ^b   Baselli, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood reconstruction; Partial volume effect; Positron Emission Tomography; Quantification; Regional basis functions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY QUANTIFICATION; LESION QUANTIFICATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE AMPLIFICATION; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; QUANTIFICATION; REGION-BASED; REGIONAL BASIS FUNCTIONS;

AMPLIFICATION; BLOCK CODES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; RESTORATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67549096766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20080457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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