A system calibration and fast iterative reconstruction method for next-generation SPECT imagers

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3548-3553

  Miller, Brian W ^a   Van Holen, Roel ^b   Barrett, Harrison H ^a   Furenlid, Lars R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

calibration; graphics processing units; high performance computing; image reconstruction; OSEM; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); system matrix

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIBRATION METHOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; OSEM; SYSTEM CALIBRATION; SYSTEM MATRICES; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84858690992     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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