EMRECON: An expectation maximization based image reconstruction framework for emission tomography data

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4365-4368

  Kösters, Thomas ^a   Schäfers, Klaus P ^a   Wübbeling, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

EM; emission tomography; OSEM; reconstruction framework

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; GEOMETRY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TOMOGRAPHY; WELL TESTING;

EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EXPECTATION - MAXIMIZATIONS; LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS; MOTION CORRECTION; OSEM; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RECONSTRUCTION FRAMEWORKS; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84858638022     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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