NUCLEAR IMAGE SYNTHESIS IN MEDICINE

Mathematical formulation of tomography. Radon transform, central slice theorem, generalized projection theorem. Transforming slice image reconstruction methods (BP, FBP, direct inversion Fourier method, CBP, "rho" method and orthogonal polynomial method). Algebraic slice reconstruction. Tomographic system performances: PSF, LSF and MTF. 3D imaging in medicine. SPECT, PET CT and NMR image synthesis (features, performance, detector system). Problems in SPECT and PET image synthesis. Tracer transport modelling. Nuclear radiation detectors and nuclear electronics.