A reconstruction algorithm for coherent scatter computed tomography based on filtered back-projection

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2465-2474

  van Stevendaal, U ^a   Schlomka, J P ^a   Harding, A ^a   Grass, M ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; COHERENT-SCATTER COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SELECTIVE RECONSTRUCTION; X-RAY IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHERENT SCATTER COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; X RAY;

EID: 0141743721     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1598731     Document Type: Article

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