Analytic simulation scheme for x-ray projections based on physics model

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6318, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shaojie, Tang ^a   Hengyong, Yu ^b   Xuanqin, Mou ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic simulation; Beam hardening; Cone beam; Feldkamp; Shepp logan

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC SIMULATION; BEAM HARDENING; CONE BEAM; FELDKAMP; SHEPP LOGAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 33750719432     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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