Iterative approach to partial volume artifact reduction in CT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 338-346

  Hsieh, Jiang ^a  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Helical scan; Partial volume

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS; CLASSIFICATION PROCESS; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHM; HELICAL SCAN; ITERATIVE APPROACH; PARTIAL VOLUMES; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48149090636     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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