Reconstruction with most likely trajectory for proton computed tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5370 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 2067-2074

  Li, Tianfang ^a   Liang, Jerome ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Art and fbp algorithms; Most likely trajectory; Multiple scattering; Proton ct

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTONS; TRAJECTORIES;

ART AND FBP ALGORITHMS; MOST LIKELY TRAJECTORY; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PROTON CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 5644226204     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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