Comparison of basis functions for 3D PET reconstruction using a Monte Carlo system matrix

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1759-1777

  Cabello, Jorge ^a   Rafecas, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; CYLINDRICAL SYMMETRY; DISK SPACE; EMISSION IMAGING; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FIELD OF VIEWS; FILE SIZES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LONG SIMULATION TIME; MONTE CARLO; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POLAR GRIDS; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMULATION TIME; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL CRYSTALS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC BASIS FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL NOISE; STATISTICAL QUALITY; STORAGE SPACES; SYMMETRIC FUNCTIONS; SYSTEM MATRICES; SYSTEM RESPONSE;

DEGRADATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858769955     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/7/1759     Document Type: Article

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