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Dynamic PET simulator via tomographic emission projection for kinetic modeling and parametric image studies
Author(s) -
Häggström Ida,
Beattie Bradley J.,
Schmidtlein C. Ross
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4950883
Subject(s) - projection (relational algebra) , monte carlo method , parametric statistics , computer science , noise (video) , voxel , attenuation , histogram , artificial intelligence , image noise , matlab , computer vision , mathematics , algorithm , optics , physics , image (mathematics) , statistics , operating system
To develop and evaluate a fast and simple tool called dpetstep (Dynamic PET Simulator of Tracers via Emission Projection), for dynamic PET simulations as an alternative to Monte Carlo (MC), useful for educational purposes and evaluation of the effects of the clinical environment, postprocessing choices, etc., on dynamic and parametric images.