Accelerated iterative image reconstruction methods based on block-circulant system matrix derived from a cylindrical image representation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2764-2771

  Leroux, Jean Daniel ^a,b   Selivanov, Vitali ^b,c   Fontaine, Réjean ^b   Lecomte, Roger ^a,b,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Gamma Medica Ideas   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; REPAIR; RESTORATION;

3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; BACK PROJECTION; BLOCK-CIRCULANT; COMPUTATION BURDEN; FOURIER DOMAINS; IMAGE REPRESENTATIONS; IN-PLANE; ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEMORY REQUIREMENTS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; NULL VALUES; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SYSTEM MATRICES; SYSTEM PROBABILITY MATRIX; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TUBES OF RESPONSE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 48149092632     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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