Implementing analytical geometric and penetration response correction for keel-edge pinhole SPECT image reconstruction

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5255-5259

  Zhang, Xuezhu ^a   Dai, Qiusheng ^a   Qi, Yujin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

GPRC; Image reconstruction; Keel edge pinhole collimator; Pinhole SPECT

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE NUMERICAL METHOD; COLLIMATOR RESPONSE; GEOMETRIC RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; GPRC; HIGH RESOLUTION; KEEL-EDGE PINHOLE COLLIMATOR; LOOK UP TABLE; MICRO SPECT; OSEM RECONSTRUCTION; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; PINHOLE SPECT; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; RESOLUTION RECOVERY; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SMALL-ANIMAL;

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RESTORATION; TABLE LOOKUP;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 67649241024     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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