Development and evaluation of MRI based bayesian image reconstruction methods for PET

Chao Hsing Wang*, Jyh-Cheng Chen, Chien Min Kao, Ren-Shyan Liu

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Abstract

MRI Based Bayesian Image Reconstruction Methods for positron emission tomography reconstruction with the aim at improving image quality was developed. The line site map from MRI as a priori is made up of either a modified Markov random field or Canny edge detector with the Gaussian smoothing filter. It is used in maximum a posteriori (MAP) algorithm by a weighted line site method. We evaluate and compare the performance of these reconstruction methods. The results show that the Bayesian methods produce reconstructed images with less noise and better spatial resolution than those produced by the maximum likelihood-expectation maximization method.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberM10-220
Pages (from-to)2599-2603
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Oct 2003
Event2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference - Portland, OR, United States
Duration: 19 Oct 200325 Oct 2003

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