Regularized image reconstruction for ultrasound attenuation transmission tomography

Radioengineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Peterlík, Igor ^a   Jiřík, Radovan ^a   Ruiter, Nicole ^b   Jan, Jiří ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algebraic reconstruction techniques; Regularization; Transmission tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949184799     PISSN: 12102512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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