A calibration method for misaligned scanner geometry in cone-beam computed tomography

NDT and E International

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 499-513

  Sun, Yi ^a   Hou, Ying ^a   Zhao, Fengyong ^a   Hu, Jiasheng ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cone beam CT; Geometric misalignment

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONE-BEAM CT; GEOMETRIC MISALIGNMENT; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745698888     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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