Title :
An image reconstruction framework for arbitrary positron emission tomography geometries
Author :
Mathews, Aswin John ; Ke Li ; Komarov, Sergey ; Qiang Wang ; Ravindranath, Bosky ; O´Sullivan, James A. ; Yuan-Chuan Tai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ. in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
fDate :
Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013
Abstract :
We are investigating a variety of custom system geometries for different PET applications. These geometries have detectors of varying sizes, and detection efficiency, placed at different locations in 3D space. To evaluate the performance of these unconventional geometries require the development of a general purpose reconstruction framework that is easy to adapt to any geometry. This enables investigation of optimal application-specific PET systems.
Keywords :
geometry; image reconstruction; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; arbitrary positron emission tomography geometries; image reconstruction framework; optimal application-specific PET systems; Crystals; Detectors; Geometry; Image reconstruction; Positron emission tomography; Tumors; PET; breast; head and neck; image quality; plant; positron emission tomography; reconstruction; resolution; small animal;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0533-1
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829352
