CT Reconstruction by using the MLS-ART technique and the KCD imaging system-i: low-energy X-ray studies

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-358

  Guan, Huaiqun ^a   Waleed Gaber, M ^a   Zhu, Yunping ^a   Dibianca, F A ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Kinestatic charge detector; MLS ART

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ALGEBRA; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

KINESTATIC CHARGE DETECTORS (KCD); MULTILEVEL SCHEME ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE (MLS-ART);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032589158     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.768844     Document Type: Article

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