Convergent iterative algorithms for joint reconstruction of activity and attenuation from time-of-flight PET data

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3695-3700

  Ahn, Sangtae ^a   Qian, Hua ^a   Manjeshwar, Ravindra M ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA; JOINT ESTIMATION PROBLEMS; LINEAR PARAMETERIZATIONS; NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; PENALIZED-LIKELIHOOD; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; UNIQUENESS OF SOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84881580208     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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