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EM reconstruction algorithms for emission and transmission tomography.
Lange K, Carson R. EM reconstruction algorithms for emission and transmission tomography. Journal Of Computer Assisted Tomography 1984, 8: 306-16. PMID: 6608535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEM algorithmGood physical modelTransmission image reconstructionTransmission tomographyMaximum likelihood estimatesAlgebraic schemeRelevant physical featuresNon-negativity constraintsGlobal convergenceIterative techniquePoisson natureLikelihood estimatesParameter estimatesCounting noiseMaximum likelihoodDetector geometryPhysical modelAccurate incorporationEM reconstruction algorithmPhysical featuresSpecific algorithmsImage reconstructionAlgorithmReconstruction algorithmActual reconstruction
1995
A system for the 3D reconstruction of retracted-septa PET data using the EM algorithm
Johnson C, Yan Y, Carson R, Martino R, Daube-Witherspoon M. A system for the 3D reconstruction of retracted-septa PET data using the EM algorithm. 1995, 3: 1325-1329 vol.3. DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.1994.474573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntel iPSC/860 parallel computerData compression schemeImage indexingCompute nodesCompression schemeParallel algorithmParallel computersEM reconstruction algorithmStorage costComputational performanceGE Advance scannerAsynchronous readReconstruction softwareReconstruction algorithmAlgorithmLookup tableProjection dataSoftwareEM algorithmPET dataIndexingProcessorsComputerExtensive useScanner