A generalized expectation-maximization (GEM) algorithm is developed for Bayesian reconstruction, based on locally correlated Markov random-field priors in the form of Gibbs functions and on the Poisson data model. For the M-step of the algorithm, a form of coordinate gradient ascent is derived. The algorithm reduces to the EM maximum-likelihood algorithm as the Markov random-field prior tends towards a uniform distribution. Three different Gibbs function priors are examined. Reconstructions of 3-D images obtained from the Poisson model of single-photon-emission computed tomography are presented
Published in:
Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:8
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Issue:
2
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Date of Publication:
Jun 1989
- Page(s):
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194
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202
- ISSN :
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0278-0062
- INSPEC Accession Number:
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3431080
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1109/42.24868
- Date of Current Version :
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06 August 2002
- Issue Date :
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Jun 1989
- Sponsored by :
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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society