A more accurate reconstruction system matrix for quantitative proton computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4511-4518

  Penfold, S N ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^a   Schulte, R W ^b   Schubert, K E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chord length; Iterative projection methods; Proton computed tomography; System matrix

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHANTOMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; CHORD LENGTHS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; ITERATIVE PROJECTION ALGORITHM; ITERATIVE PROJECTION METHODS; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM MATRICES; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 70349705642     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3218759     Document Type: Article

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