A Nonlocal Averaging Technique for Kinetic Parameter Estimation from Dynamic PET Data
Dutta J, Fakhri G, Leahy R, Li Q. A Nonlocal Averaging Technique for Kinetic Parameter Estimation from Dynamic PET Data. 2011, 3562-3566. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2011.6153669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonlocal meansDenoising schemeGaussian filtering techniquePatlak parametric imagesDenoised time seriesDenoising frameworkClustering stepDistributed natureGaussian filterLocal neighborhoodVoxel-wise estimationHigh noise levelsData setsDenoisingFiltering techniqueSchemeDataLow varianceNoise levelTime activity curvesEstimation of kinetic parametersDynamic PET imagesParameter estimationVoxelImages