Noise characteristics of the FORE+OSEM(DB) reconstruction method for the MiCES PET scanner

Author

Lee, Kisung ; Kinahan, Paul E. ; Miyaoka, Robert S. ; Fessler, Jeffrey A. ; Lewellen, Tom K.

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

2642

Abstract

The FORE+OSEM(DB) image reconstruction method has been proposed for the fully-3D MiCES PET scanner under construction at the University of Washington. It is based on Fourier rebinning followed by 2D OSEM and an incorporated model of detector blurring (DB). As an extension, this paper presents the noise/resolution characteristics of this method. Multiple realizations were simulated to estimate the noise properties of the algorithm. The results are compared with OSEM followed by post reconstruction 3D Gaussian smoothing. The results show that the incorporation of detector blurring (OSEM(DB)) into the system matrix improves resolution compared to OSEM, while also inducing an increased variance at all radial locations. In addition, radially-varying noise characteristics are more apparent with OSEM(DB) than with OSEM.

Keywords

gamma-ray detection; image reconstruction; medical image processing; noise; positron emission tomography; solid scintillation detectors; 3D Gaussian smoothing; FORE+OSEM(DB) image reconstruction method; Fourier rebinning; MiCES PET scanner; Micro Crystal Element Scanner; detector blurring; noise characteristics; small animal PET system; Animals; Crystals; Detectors; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Mice; Multilevel systems; Positron emission tomography; Reconstruction algorithms; Smoothing methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462794

Filename

1462794