A backprojection-filtration algorithm for nonstandard spiral cone-beam CT with an n-PI-window

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2099-2111

  Yu, Hengyong ^a   Ye, Yangbo ^a,b   Zhao, Shiying ^a   Wang, Ge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FILTRATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

BACKPROJECTION-FILTRATION ALGORITHM; BPF ALGORITHM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); HILBERT FILTRATION;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 22844443055     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/9/012     Document Type: Article

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