Fast implementations of algebraic methods for three-dimensional reconstruction from cone-beam data

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 538-548

  Mueller, Klaus ^a   Yagel, Roni ^a   Wheller, John J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; BACKPROJECTION; CACHING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM RECONSTRUCTION; RAY DRIVEN PROJECTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUME CORRECTION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033237791     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.781018     Document Type: Article

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