Impact of PSF modelling on the convergence rate and edge behaviour of em images in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3267-3272

  Thielemans, K ^a   Asma, E ^b   Ahn, S ^b   Manjeshwar, R M ^b   Deller, T ^c   Ross, S G ^c   Stearns, C W ^c   Ganin, A ^c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-PROJECTION; CONVERGENCE RATES; DATA RECONSTRUCTION; EM ALGORITHMS; LOG LIKELIHOOD; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; PET IMAGES; PSF MODELLING; SHARP FEATURES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TWO STAGE;

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 79960301507     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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