Enhancement of in-plane spatial resolution in volumetric computed tomography with focal spot wobbling - Overcoming the constraint on number of projection views per gantry rotation

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-265

  Tang, Xiangyang ^a,b   Narayanan, Suresh ^b   Hsieh, Jiang ^b   Pack, Jed D ^c   Mcolash, Scott M ^b   Sainath, Paavana ^b   Nilsen, Roy A ^b   Taha, Basel ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cone beam volume CT; CT reconstruction; focal spot wobbling; Reconstruction algorithms

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; CONE-BEAM VOLUME CT; CT RECONSTRUCTION; FOCAL SPOT; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FOCUSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REPAIR; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

TUNGSTEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 77956316715     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2010-0258     Document Type: Article

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