DocumentCode
1932658
Title
Determination of the patient outer surface from photo-peak window projection data in SPECT
Author
Hebert, T. ; Murphy, P. ; Moore, W. ; Gopal, S. Sanjay ; Ting, Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Houston Univ., TX, USA
fYear
1992
fDate
25-31 Oct 1992
Firstpage
1044
Abstract
An iterative algorithm for extracting patient contours solely from photo-peak window projection images is presented. No operator input is required, and the solutions satisfy a number of global criteria. Results from a 99m-Tc bone study are presented
Keywords
computerised tomography; iterative methods; medical image processing; radioisotope scanning and imaging; 99mTc bone study; SPECT; global criteria; iterative algorithm; medical diagnostic imaging; nuclear medicine; patient contours extraction; patient outer surface determination; photo-peak window projection data; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic scattering; Hospitals; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Particle scattering; Radiology; Single photon emission computed tomography;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0884-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301470
Filename
301470
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