Post-reconstruction partial volume correction of PET images using iterative deconvolution algorithm and anatomical priors

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-260

  D'Ambrosio, Daniela ^a   Marengo, M ^a   SBoschi, ^a   SFanti, ^a   Spinelli, A E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomical priors; Deconvolution; Partial volume correction; PET; Van cittert

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; DECONVOLUTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

ANATOMICAL PRIORS; ITERATIVE DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; PARTIAL VOLUME CORRECTION; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; RADIOTRACER CONCENTRATION; SIMULATED IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VAN CITTERT;

MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 77950164321     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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