Practical hybrid convolution algorithm for helical CT reconstruction

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-174

  Zamyatin, Alexander A ^a,b   Taguchi, Katsuyuki ^c,d   Silver, Michael D ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Bio Imaging Research Inc   (United States)

^c TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam; Fan beam; Helical computed tomography (CT); Shift invariant

Indexed keywords

CONE BEAM; FAN BEAM; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); SHIFT-INVARIANT;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33645679495     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862973     Document Type: Article

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