Reconstruction of dual isotope PET using expectation maximization (EM) algorithm

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4323-4326

  Sitek, Arkadiusz ^a   Andreyev, Andriy ^b   Celler, Anna ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; POSITRONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION;

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; ENERGY DISCRIMINATIONS; ESTIMATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); POSITRON-ELECTRON ANNIHILATION; QUANTITATIVE ACCURACY; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858668588     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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