Adaptive Bayesian Iterative Transmission Reconstruction for Attenuation Correction in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with SPECT/Slow-Rotation Low-Output CT Systems

Objectives. SPECT/slow-rotation low-output CT systems can produce streak artifacts in filtered backprojection (FBP) attenuation maps, impacting attenuation correction (AC) in myocardial perfusion imaging. This paper presents an adaptive Bayesian iterative transmission reconstruction (ABITR) algorith...

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Main Authors: Ji Chen, Ernest V. Garcia, Russell D. Folks, Aharon Peretz, James R. Galt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/18709