A method for accurate modelling of the crystal response function at a crystal sub-level applied to PET reconstruction

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 793-809

  Stute, S ^a   Benoit, D ^a   Martineau, A ^b   Rehfeld, N S ^a   Buvat, I ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RECOVERY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CRYSTAL INTERACTIONS; CRYSTAL RESPONSE; FIELD OF VIEWS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; LINE-OF-RESPONSES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PATIENT IMAGES; PET IMAGES; PHILIPS; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS; RESOLUTION LOSS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SIMULATED DATA; SIMULATED PHANTOM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATIONARITY; TOMOGRAPHS; TWO-COMPONENT;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPHERES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551705668     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/3/016     Document Type: Article

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