Distance-driven projection and backprojection in three dimensions

B De Man, S Basu - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Projection and backprojection are operations that arise frequently in tomographic imaging.
Recently, we proposed a new method for projection and backprojection, which we call …

MAGIC: Manifold and graph integrative convolutional network for low-dose CT reconstruction

W Xia, Z Lu, Y Huang, Z Shi, Y Liu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans, which can effectively alleviate the radiation
problem, will degrade the imaging quality. In this paper, we propose a novel LDCT …

A splitting-based iterative algorithm for accelerated statistical X-ray CT reconstruction

S Ramani, JA Fessler - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Statistical image reconstruction using penalized weighted least-squares (PWLS) criteria can
improve image-quality in X-ray computed tomography (CT). However, the huge dynamic …

A transformer-based iterative reconstruction model for sparse-view ct reconstruction

W Xia, Z Yang, Q Zhou, Z Lu, Z Wang… - … Conference on Medical …, 2022 - Springer
Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) is one of the primary means to reduce the radiation
risk. But the reconstruction of sparse-view CT will be contaminated by severe artifacts. By …

Simulation tools for two-dimensional experiments in x-ray computed tomography using the FORBILD head phantom

Z Yu, F Noo, F Dennerlein, A Wunderlich… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Mathematical phantoms are essential for the development and early stage evaluation of
image reconstruction algorithms in x-ray computed tomography (CT). This note offers tools …

RegFormer: A Local–Nonlocal Regularization-Based Model for Sparse-View CT Reconstruction

W Xia, Z Yang, Z Lu, Z Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) is one of the primal means to reduce radiation risk.
However, the reconstruction of sparse-view CT with the classic analytical method is usually …

Fast ray-tracing technique to calculate line integral paths in voxel arrays

H Zhao, AJ Reader - 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ray-driven projection and back-projection methods, frequently represented as
calculating the path of line integration through a pixel or voxel space, are widely applied in …

X-ray cargo container inspection system with few-view projection imaging

X Duan, J Cheng, L Zhang, Y Xing, Z Chen… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2009 - Elsevier
An X-ray cargo inspection system with few-view projection imaging is developed for
detecting contraband in air containers. This paper describes this developing inspection …

A General-Thresholding Solution for lp(0 <; p <; 1) Regularized CT Reconstruction

C Miao, H Yu - IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is well known that l 1 minimization can be used to recover sufficiently sparse unknown
signals in the compressive sensing field. The lp regularization method, a generalized …

GPU-based branchless distance-driven projection and backprojection

R Liu, L Fu, B De Man, H Yu - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Projection and backprojection operations are essential in a variety of image reconstruction
and physical correction algorithms in computed tomography (CT). The distance-driven (DD) …