Evaluation of accelerated iterative x-ray CT image reconstruction using floating point graphics hardware

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 875-889

  Kole, J S ^a   Beekman, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HARDWARE MAPPING APPROACH; POINT GRAPHICS HARDWARE; PROHIBIT ROUTINE APPLICATION; STATISTICAL RECONSTRUCTION METHODS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645301494     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/4/008     Document Type: Article

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