Bayesian reconstruction of photon interaction sequences for high-resolution PET detectors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5073-5094

  Pratx, Guillem ^a   Levin, Craig S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; BAYESIAN RECONSTRUCTION; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE DETECTORS; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; HIGH-RESOLUTION POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI; MULTIPLE DETECTORS; PEAK VALUES; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; POSITIONING METHODS; SINGLE PHOTONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM-BASED; TWO-FOLD REDUCTION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CADMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTONS; ZINC;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CADMIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; TELLURIUM; ZINC; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

EID: 70350501908     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/17/001     Document Type: Article

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