A generic geometric calibration method for tomographic imaging systems with flat-panel detectors - A detailed implementation guide

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3844-3854

  Li, Xinhua ^a   Zhang, Da ^a   Liu, Bob ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

flat panel detector; geometric calibration; tomographic imaging

Indexed keywords

C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

CALIBRATION PHANTOM; DETECTOR ORIENTATION; DIRECT COMPUTATIONS; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; GEOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION GUIDES; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77954753816     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3431996     Document Type: Article

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