A volume of intersection approach for on-the-fly system matrix calculation in 3D PET image reconstruction

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 561-577

  Lougovski, A ^a   Hofheinz, F ^a   Maus, J ^a   Schramm, G ^a   Will, E ^a   Hoff, J Van Den ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D; image reconstruction; list mode; on the fly system matrix calculation; PET; tube of response; volume of intersection

Indexed keywords

3D; GEOMETRICAL MODELING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LISTMODE; PET IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RECONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE; SYSTEM MATRICES;

ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892741218     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/3/561     Document Type: Article

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