Generalized filtered back-projection reconstruction in digital tomosynthesis
US6707878B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2211/436
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a method of constructing a three dimensional (3D) image of an object from a plurality of two dimensional (2D) views of the object, comprising the steps of filtering the plurality of 2D views of the object, and order statistics-based backprojecting the filtered 2D views into the 3D image of the object.
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