Image reconstruction in asymmetric fan-beam scans with spatially varying focal lengths

12 May 2004 Image reconstruction in asymmetric fan-beam scans with spatially varying focal lengths

Lifeng Yu, Xiaochuan Pan, Charles A. Pelizzari

Proceedings Volume 5370, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Processing; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535326
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We propose a generalized algorithm for image reconstruction from data acquired in an asymmetric fan-beam configuration with a spatially varying focal length. This algorithm is an extension of our previous algorithm for fan-beam computed tomography (CT) that involves a shift-variant filtering. As compared to the existing algorithms, the proposed algorithm involves no additional explicit interpolation and eliminates the spatially-variant weighting factor. Therefore, it retains the spatial resolution and is less susceptible to data noise. We performed computer-simulation studies to validate and evaluate the proposed algorithm, and quantitative results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm possesses desirable noise and numerical properties.

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Lifeng Yu, Xiaochuan Pan, and Charles A. Pelizzari "Image reconstruction in asymmetric fan-beam scans with spatially varying focal lengths", Proc. SPIE 5370, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Processing, (12 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535326

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