Maximum likelihood reconstruction for a prototype electronically collimated single photon emission system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 767, Issue , 1987, Pages 77-83

  Hebert, Tom ^a   Leahy, Richard ^a   Singh, Manbir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARTICLE BEAMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPAIR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

COLLIMATED SINGLE PHOTON; ELECTRONIC COLLIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS (MLE); MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD RECONSTRUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS; STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRIX; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84942796010     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.966983     Document Type: Conference Paper

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