The use of sieves to stabilize images produced with the em algorithm for emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 3864-3872

  Snyder, Donald L ^a   Miller, Michael I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888677439     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1985.4334521     Document Type: Article

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