Regularized iterative weighted filtered backprojection for helical cone-beam CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4173-4185

  Sunnegårdh, Johan ^a   Danielsson, Per Erik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Filtered backprojection; Iterative reconstruction; Regularization

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MILLING MACHINES;

ACCELERATED CONVERGENCE; CONE-BEAM CT; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION METHODS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; REGULARIZATION; REGULARIZATION PARAMETERS; SLICE-SENSITIVITY PROFILES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 50449098182     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2966353     Document Type: Article

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