dc.creatorBrowne, J
dc.creatorDePierro, AR
dc.date1996
dc.dateOCT
dc.date2014-12-16T11:33:30Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:59:07Z
dc.date2014-12-16T11:33:30Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:59:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:46:48Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:46:48Z
dc.identifierIeee Transactions On Medical Imaging. Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, v. 15, n. 5, n. 687, n. 699, 1996.
dc.identifier0278-0062
dc.identifierWOS:A1996VL37600011
dc.identifier10.1109/42.538946
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/53719
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/53719
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/53719
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1278112
dc.descriptionThe maximum likelihood (ML) approach to estimating the radioactive distribution in the body cross section has become very popular among researchers in emission computed tomography (ECT) since it has been shown to provide very good images compared to those produced with the conventional filtered backprojection (FBP) algorithm. The expectation maximization (EM) algorithm is an often-used iterative approach for maximizing the Poisson likelihood in ECT because of its attractive theoretical and practical properties. Its major disadvantage is that, due to its slow rate of convergence, a large amount of computation is often required to achieve an acceptable image. In this paper we present a row-action maximum likelihood algorithm (RAMLA) as an alternative to the EM algorithm for maximizing the Poisson likelihood in ECT. We deduce the convergence properties of this algorithm and demonstrate by way of computer simulations that the early iterates of RAMLA increase the Poisson likelihood in ECT at an order of magnitude faster that the standard EM algorithm. Specifically, we show that, from the point of view of measuring total radionuclide uptake in simulated brain phantoms, iterations 1, 2, 3, and 4 of RAMLA perform at least as well as iterations 45, 60, 70, and 80, respectively, of EM. Moreover, we show that iterations 1, 2, 3, and 4 of RAMLA achieve comparable likelihood values as iterations 45, 60, 70, and 80, respectively, of EM. We also present a modified version of a recent fast ordered subsets EM (OS-EM) algorithm and show that RAMLA is a special case of this modified OS-EM. Furthermore, we show that our modification converges to a ML solution whereas the standard OS-EM does not.
dc.description15
dc.description5
dc.description687
dc.description699
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIeee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc
dc.publisherNew York
dc.relationIeee Transactions On Medical Imaging
dc.relationIEEE Trans. Med. Imaging
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rightshttp://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/rights_policies.html
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectExpectation-maximization Algorithm
dc.subjectAlgebraic Reconstruction Techniques
dc.subjectMaximum-likelihood
dc.subjectImage-reconstruction
dc.subjectComputed-tomography
dc.subjectDistributions
dc.subjectProjections
dc.subjectSystems
dc.subjectSpect
dc.subjectPet
dc.titleA row-action alternative to the EM algorithm for maximizing likelihoods in emission tomography
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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