A new source localization algorithm with no requirement of one-to-one source correspondence between biplane radiographs

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 921-927

  Li, S ^a   Chen, G T Y ^b   Pelizzari, C A ^b   Reft, C ^b   Roeske, J C ^b   Lu, Y ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

analytic solution; back projection; biplane radiographs; locus reconstruction; one to one source correspondence; source localization

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY;

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; BACK PROJECTION; BIPLANE RADIOGRAPHS; ONE-TO-ONE SOURCE CORRESPONDENCE; SOURCE LOCALIZATION;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029895538     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597734     Document Type: Article

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