Lesion quantification in oncological positron emission tomography: A maximum likelihood partial volume correction strategy - De Bernardi, Elisabetta; Faggiano, Elena; Zito, Felicia; Gerundini, Paolo; Baselli, Giuseppe (Medical physics (Lancaster), 2009)
Keywords: Algorithms; Cancer; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; image reconstruction; image resolution; Image scanners; image segmentation; Iteration theory; iterative methods; Likelihood Functions; maximum likelihood estimation; maximum likelihood reconstruction; Medical image artifacts; Medical image noise; medical image processing; Medical image reconstruction; Medical image smoothing; Medical imaging; Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Numerical approximation and analysis; partial volume effect correction; PET; phantoms; Phantoms, Imaging; positron emission tomography; Positron emission tomography (PET); Positron-Emission Tomography - methods; Positron-Emission Tomography - statistics & numerical data; Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics; Radiography; Reconstruction; regional basis functions; Segmentation; tumours; uptake quantification; volume estimate; wounds; partial volume effect correction; volume estimate; maximum likelihood reconstruction; uptake quantification; PET; regional basis functions