High performance 3D PET reconstruction using spherical basis functions on a polar grid

International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cabello, J ^a   Gillam, J E ^a   Rafecas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; COMPUTATION TIME; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNITS; IMAGE SPACE; LINE-OF-RESPONSES; LOWER NOISE; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; POLAR GRIDS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPHERICAL BASIS; SPHERICAL SYMMETRY; STATISTICAL NOISE; SYSTEM RESPONSE;

DEGRADATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84861091414     PISSN: 16874188     EISSN: 16874196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/452910     Document Type: Article

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