Computed tomography simulation using supertoroids

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Hu, Yingkang ^a   Zhu, Jiehua ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer graphics; Ray intersecting; Supertoroids; X ray transform

Indexed keywords

BODY PARTS; COMPLEX SHAPES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM; CT IMAGE; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; PROJECTION DATA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUPERQUADRICS; THORAX PHANTOM; X-RAY CT; X-RAY TRANSFORMS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RIB; SPINE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RIBS; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951538262     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2010-0229     Document Type: Article

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