Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 217-226 , February 2006

Three-dimensional maximum a posteriori (MAP) imaging with radiopharmaceuticals labeled with three Cu radionuclides

  • Ananya Ruangma

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8225, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Tel.: +1 314 362 8423; fax: +1 314 362 5428.
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  • Bing Bai

      Affiliations

    • Signal and Image Processing Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
    • ,
  • Jason S. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • ,
  • Xiankai Sun

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • ,
  • Michael J. Welch

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • ,
  • Richard Leahy

      Affiliations

    • Signal and Image Processing Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
    • ,
  • Richard Laforest

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 314 362 8423; fax: +1 314 362 5428.

Received 16 August 2005 ,Revised 17 October 2005 ,Accepted 8 November 2005.

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PII: S0969-8051(05)00276-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2005.11.001

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 217-226 , February 2006

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