Past and future directions in x-ray computed tomography (CT)

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 175-187

  Natterer, Frank ^a   Ritman, Erik L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

X RAY IMAGING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036930506     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.10021     Document Type: Article

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