Improved activity estimation with MC‐JOSEM versus TEW‐JOSEM in SPECT
Ouyang J, Fakhri G, Moore S. Improved activity estimation with MC‐JOSEM versus TEW‐JOSEM in SPECT. Medical Physics 2008, 35: 2029-2040. PMID: 18561679, PMCID: PMC2673642, DOI: 10.1118/1.2907561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsEquipment DesignImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIndium RadioisotopesLungModels, StatisticalMonte Carlo MethodPhantoms, ImagingRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedReproducibility of ResultsScattering, RadiationSoftwareTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsMC-JOSEMWater-filled torso phantomMC scatter estimationTriple-energy-windowActivity estimationIterative reconstruction algorithmTorso phantomPhantom studyBackground compartmentScatter estimationActivity distributionAverage relative biasPhantomReconstruction algorithmActivity concentrationsSynthetic projectionsSphere locationScattering