An optimization transfer algorithm for nonlinear parametric image reconstruction from dynamic PET data

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1977-1988

  Wang, Guobao ^a   Qi, Jinyi ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; kinetic modeling; parametric imaging; penalized maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE RATES; DIRECT ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PET; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; FAST CONVERGENCE RATE; IMAGE SMOOTHING; KINETIC MODELING; OPTIMIZATION TRANSFER ALGORITHMS; PARAMETRIC IMAGE; PARAMETRIC IMAGING; PENALIZED LIKELIHOOD; PENALIZED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PET DATA; PROJECTION DATA; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SURROGATE FUNCTION; TIME-ACTIVITY CURVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIXELS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMATE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMATES;

EID: 84867056814     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2012.2212203     Document Type: Article

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