Low-dose, large-angled cone-beam helical CT data reconstruction using algebraic reconstruction techniques

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-94

  Carvalho, Bruno M ^a   Herman, Gabor T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Bcc grid; Blobs; Block ART; Cone beam helical CT; PI geometry; PI original

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; ITERATIVE METHODS; SCATTERING;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES (ART); BCC GRID; BLOBS; BLOCK-ART; CONE-BEAM HELICAL CT; PI-GEOMETRY; PI-ORIGINAL;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33750611449     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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