Analysis of 3D SPECT image reconstruction and its extension to ultrasonic diffraction tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1308-1316

  Pan, Xiaochuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONIC DIFFRACTION;

SINOGRAM; THREE DIMENSIONAL CAUCHY; ULTRASONIC DIFFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032097532     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682022     Document Type: Article

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