Computed Tomography From Photon Statistics to Modern Cone-Beam CT /

• Main Author: Buzug, Thorsten (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Mathematics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Medical and Radiation Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Mathematics, general.

Tis book provides an overview of X-ray technology, the historic developmental milestones of modern CT systems, and gives a comprehensive insight into the main reconstruction methods used in computed tomography. Te basis of reconstr- tion is, undoubtedly, mathematics. However, the beauty of computed...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of X-ray Physics
• Milestones of Computed Tomography
• Fundamentals of Signal Processing
• Two-Dimensional Fourier-Based Reconstruction Methods
• Algebraic and Statistical Reconstruction Methods
• Technical Implementation
• Three-Dimensional Fourier-Based Reconstruction Methods
• Image Quality and Artifacts
• Practical Aspects of Computed Tomography
• Dose.