Resolution modeled PET image reconstruction incorporating space-variance of positron range: Rubidium-82 cardiac PET imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3643-3650

  Rahmim, Arman ^a   Tang, Jing ^a   Lodge, Martin A ^a   Lashkari, Sarah ^b   Mohammad, R Ay ^b   Bengel, Frank M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PET IMAGING; CT IMAGING; DEFECT CONTRAST; FIELD OF VIEWS; MAP IMAGE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PET IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POSITRON RANGE; RESOLUTION MODELING; SPATIAL-VARIANT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRONS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RUBIDIUM;

POSITRONS;

EID: 67649148613     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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