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A Comparison Between 3D OSEM and FBP Image Reconstruction Algorithms in SPECT

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 39))

In this chapter, we will only concern our selves with the two most widely used algorithms in SPECT reconstruction, namely the FBP and Ordered-Subsets Expectation Maximization (OSEM) algorithms. This chapter describes the basic principles of these two algorithms, and summarises SPECT image attenuation and scatter correction methods. Finally, it presents a study evaluating the volumetric iterative reconstruction algorithm OSEM 3-D, and compares its performance with the FBP algorithm.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK

    Khalid S. Alzimami, Salem A. Sassi & Nicholas M. Spyrou

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Alzimami, K.S., Sassi, S.A., Spyrou, N.M. (2009). A Comparison Between 3D OSEM and FBP Image Reconstruction Algorithms in SPECT. In: Ao, SI., Gelman, L. (eds) Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2311-7_17

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