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3 July 2001 Physical phantom evaluation of EM-IntraSPECT (EMIS) algorithm for nonuniform attenuation correction in cardiac imaging
Andrzej Krol, James E. Bowsher, David H. Feiglin, George M. Gagne, Bradford J. Hellwig, Martin P. Tornai, Frank Deaver Thomas
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate performance of the EM-IntraSPECT (EMIS) algorithm for non-uniform attenuation correction in the chest. EMIS is a maximum-likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) algorithm for simultaneously estimating SPECT emission and attenuation parameters from emission data alone. EMIS uses the activity within the patient as transmission tomography sources, with which attenuation coefficients can be estimated. A thorax phantom with a normal heart was used. The activity images reconstructed by EMIS were compared to images reconstructed using a conventional MLEM with a fixed uniform attenuation map. Uniformity of normal heart was improved with EMIS as compared to a conventional MLEM.
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Andrzej Krol, James E. Bowsher, David H. Feiglin, George M. Gagne, Bradford J. Hellwig, Martin P. Tornai, and Frank Deaver Thomas "Physical phantom evaluation of EM-IntraSPECT (EMIS) algorithm for nonuniform attenuation correction in cardiac imaging", Proc. SPIE 4322, Medical Imaging 2001: Image Processing, (3 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.430966
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KEYWORDS
Signal attenuation

Electromagnetic coupling

Expectation maximization algorithms

Heart

Lung

Single photon emission computed tomography

Cardiac imaging

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