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Experimental study of stochastic noise propagation in SPECT images reconstructed using the conjugate gradient algorithm

✍ Scribed by D. Mariano-Goulart; M. Fourcade; J.L. Bernon; M. Rossi; M. Zanca

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 572 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0895-6111
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-6111(02)00049-6

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✦ Synopsis

Thanks to an experimental study based on simulated and physical phantoms, the propagation of the stochastic noise in slices reconstructed using the conjugate gradient algorithm has been analysed versus iterations. After a first increase corresponding to the reconstruction of the signal, the noise stabilises before increasing linearly with iterations. The level of the plateau as well as the slope of the subsequent linear increase depends on the noise in the projection data.