An evaluation of maximum likelihood reconstruction for SPECT

ES Chornoboy, CJ Chen, MI Miller… - … on Medical Imaging, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reconstruction method for SPECT (single photon emission computerized tomography) that
uses the maximum likelihood (ML) criterion and an iterative expectation-maximization (EM) …

Preconstruction restoration of myocardial single photon emission computed tomography images

D Boulfelfel, RM Rangayyan, LJ Hahn… - IEEE transactions on …, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A restoration scheme for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images
that performs restoration before reconstruction (preconstruction restoration) from planar …

Reprojection and backprojection in SPECT image reconstruction

Z Liang, R Jaszczak, C Floyd, K Greer… - … . IEEE Energy and …, 1989 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An algorithm compensating the deterministic effects of photon attenuation, scattering, and
collimator divergence associated with quantitative SPECT (single-photon-emission …

Quantitative SPECT: basic theoretical considerations.

JA Parker - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1989 - europepmc.org
Quantitative single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) requires that the
reconstructed cross sectional images have accurate intensity values. The major problem …

Analysis of SPECT including scatter and attenuation using sophisticated Monte Carlo modeling methods

JW Beck, RJ Jaszczak, RE Coleman… - … on Nuclear Science, 1982 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effects of scatter and attenuation on single photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT) images can be analyzed with the aid of sophisticated Monte Carlo simulation …

Weighted backprojection implemented with a non-uniform attenuation map for improved SPECT quantitation

SH Manglos, RJ Jaszczak… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1988 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method is developed to improve quantitation in single-photon-emission computed
tomography (SPECT) imaging by using an attenuation compensation method that includes …

Nonuniform attenuation correction using simultaneous transmission and emission converging tomography

CH Tung, GT Gullberg, GL Zeng… - IEEE transactions on …, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photon attenuation in cardiac single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a
major factor contributing to the quantitative inaccuracy and the decrease in specificity of …

Preprocessing of SPECT data as a precursor for attenuation correction

A Todd-Pokropek, G Clarke, R Marsh - … of the 8th conference, Brussels, 29 …, 1984 - Springer
Almost all systems available for performing single photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT) reconstruct images by filtered backprojection, and perform some kind of …

Fast methods for including attenuation in the EM algorithm

TJ Hebert, R Leahy - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fast approach to including attenuation in iterative maximum-likelihood and least-squares
algorithms for single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) is presented. Ray …

The GEM MAP algorithm with 3-D SPECT system response

TJ Hebert, SS Gopal - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 1992 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), every reconstruction algorithm
must use some model for the response of the gamma camera to emitted gamma-rays. The …