A Backprojection Filtering Algorithm for a Spatially Varying Focal Length Collimator

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 549-556

  Zeng, Gengsheng L ^a   Gullberg, Grant T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

BACKPROJECTION FILTERING ALGORITHM; FOCAL LENGTH COLLIMATOR;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0028497142     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.310886     Document Type: Article

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