Inverse problem of linear combinations of Gaussian convolution kernels (deconvolution) and some applications to proton/photon dosimetry and image processing

Inverse Problems

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Ulmer, W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CURVES; BRAGG PEAKS; CT IMAGE; DIODE DETECTORS; GAUSSIAN CONVOLUTION; GAUSSIAN KERNELS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; POSITIVE COEFFICIENTS; TRANSVERSE PROFILE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROTONS;

CONVOLUTION;

EID: 77953765170     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: 13616420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/26/8/085002     Document Type: Article

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