A fast algorithm for voxel-based deterministic simulation of X-ray imaging

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Li, Ning ^a   Zhao, Hua Xia ^b   Cho, Sang Hyun ^c   Choi, Jung Gil ^c   Kim, Myoung Hee ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Deterministic simulation; Minimum bounding rectangle; Ray tracing; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

MINIMUM BOUNDING RECTANGLES (MBRS); RADIOGRAPHIC VIDEO RECORDINGS; VOXELA; X RAY IMAGING;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 40449093656     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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