Algorithm-enabled low-dose micro-CT imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 606-620

  Han, Xiao ^a   Bian, Junguo ^a   Eaker, Diane R ^b   Kline, Timothy L ^b   Sidky, Emil Y ^a   Ritman, Erik L ^b   Pan, Xiaochuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressed sensing; image reconstruction; iterative algorithms; low dose computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPRESSED SENSING; DATA CONSTRAINTS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; LOW DOSE; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICRO CT; PROJECTION DATA; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RADIATION-INDUCED; SMALL ANIMAL; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT; TOTAL-VARIATION; VASCULATURE; VISUAL INSPECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952136862     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2089695     Document Type: Article

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