Investigation of Sparse Data Mouse Imaging Using Micro-CT with a Carbon-Nanotube-Based X-ray Source

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-78

  Bian, Junguo ^a   Han, Xiao ^a   Sidky, Emil Y ^a   Cao, Guohua ^a   Lu, Jianping ^a   Zhou, Otto ^a   Pan, Xiaochuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

compressed sensing; computed tomography; image reconstruction; TV minimization

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT; COMPRESSED SENSING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM; CONVENTIONAL ALGORITHMS; CT IMAGING; CT SCANNERS; DYNAMIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC CONTROLS; GATED IMAGING; IMAGING DOSE; IMAGING TASK; INCOMPLETE DATA; MEASURED DATA; MICRO CT; MINIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; MOUSE IMAGING; SPARSE DATA; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TOTAL-VARIATION; X-RAY SOURCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SOURCES; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; REPAIR; X RAY APPARATUS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77449091209     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(10)70012-2     Document Type: Article

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