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  Denoising and resolution enhancement of PET images using multi-dimensional wavelet techniques


   Department of Clinical Neurosciences

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  Dr T Fryer  No more applications being accepted  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

About the Project

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique capable of quantifying in vivo physiology, pharmacology and biochemistry. Two key limitations to the accuracy of PET are statistical noise and finite spatial resolution. We propose to use multi-dimensional wavelet techniques to reduce noise and enhance image resolution in dynamic (4D) PET datasets. Various kinetic modelling approaches will be applied to determine the impact of wavelet processing on the physiological parameters (e.g. metabolic rate) derived from PET.

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