High-resolution images of cone beam collimated CT scans

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Shechter, Gilad ^a   Koehler, Thomas ^b   Altman, Ami ^a   Proksa, Roland ^b  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone beam; Helical computed tomography (CT); Image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; HIGH PASS FILTERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

CONE BEAM; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; TRANSAXIAL FREQUENCY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644372346     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843110     Document Type: Article

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