A study on CT sinogram statistical distribution by information divergence theory

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3191-3196

  Ma, Jianhua ^a,b   Liang, Zhengrong ^a   Fan, Yi ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Huang, Jing ^b   Lu, Hongbing ^b   Chen, Wufan ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; CURVE FITTING; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; X RAYS;

COMPOUND POISSON DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE QUALITIES; INFORMATION DIVERGENCE; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STATISTICAL RECONSTRUCTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863343343     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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