Maximum Likelihood Event Estimation and List-mode Image Reconstruction on GPU Hardware
By Luca Caucci, Lars R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett. 2009
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The scintillation detectors commonly used in SPECT and PET imaging and in Compton cameras require estimation of the position and energy of each gamma ray interaction. Ideally, this process would yield images with no spatial distortion and the best possible spatial resolution. In addition, especially for Compton cameras, the computation must yield the best possible estimate of the energy of each interacting gamma ray. These goals can be achieved by use of maximum-likelihood (ML) estimation of the event parameters, but in the past the search for an ML estimate has not been computationally feasible. Now, however, graphics processing units (GPUs) make it possible to produce optimal, real-time estimates of position and energy, even from scintillation cameras with a large number of photodetectors. In addition, the mathematical properties of ML estimates make them very attractive for use as list entries in list-mode ML image reconstruction. This two-step ML process — using ML estimation once to get the list data and again to reconstruct the object — allows accurate modeling of the detector blur and, potentially, considerable improvement in reconstructed spatial resolution.
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
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- Maximum-Likelihood Estimation With a Contracting-Grid Search Algorithm (2010, background): “Each event is represented by the output of 64 MAPMT anodes [27].”