Exact radon rebinning algorithm for the long object problem in helical cone-beam CT

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 361-375

  Schaller, S ^a,b,c   Noo, F ^a,b,c   Sauer, F ^a,b,c   Tarn, K C ^a,b,c   Lauritsch, G ^a,b,c   Flohr, T ^a,b,c  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam ct; Image reconstruction; Long object problem; Radon method

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034188460     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.870247     Document Type: Article

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