Dual-dictionary learning-based iterative image reconstruction for spectral computed tomography application

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8217-8229

  Zhao, Bo ^a   Ding, Huanjun ^a   Lu, Yang ^b   Wang, Ge ^c   Zhao, Jun ^b   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST CT; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CT RECONSTRUCTION; FAN-BEAM CT; IR METHODS; ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTON COUNTING; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SCANNING TIME; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; EPOXY RESINS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; Z TRANSFORMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CADMIUM; CDZNTE; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CADMIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; TELLURIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZINC;

EID: 84871242060     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/24/8217     Document Type: Article

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