Reduction of metal streak artifacts in x-ray computed tomography using a transmission maximum a posteriori algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 3, 2000, Pages 977-981

  De Man, B ^a   Nuyts, J ^a   Dupont, P ^a   Marchai, G ^a   Suetens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL STREAK ARTIFACTS; TRANSMISSION MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI ALGORITHM; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; SAMPLING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034206972     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.856534     Document Type: Article

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