Unmatched projector/backprojector pairs in an iterative reconstruction algorithm

GL Zeng, GT Gullberg - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computational burden is a major concern when an iterative algorithm is used to reconstruct
a three-dimensional (3-D) image with attenuation, detector response, and scatter corrections…

Revisit of the ramp filter

GL Zeng - 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An important part of the filtered backprojection (FBP) algorithm is the ramp filter. This paper
derives the discrete version of the ramp filter in the Fourier domain and studies the …

Application of spherical harmonics to image reconstruction for the Compton camera

R Basko, GL Zeng, GT Gullberg - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
The Compton camera can collect SPECT data with high efficiency due to electronic collimation.
The data acquired from a Compton camera are projections of source activity along cones …

Reduction of geometric and intensity distortions in echo‐planar imaging using a multireference scan

…, GT Gullberg, DL Parker, GL Zeng - Magnetic Resonance in …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Echo‐planar imaging (EPI) is very sensitive to patient‐induced field inhomogeneity caused
by susceptibility changes between different anatomical regions. This results in geometric and …

A cone-beam tomography algorithm for orthogonal circle-and-line orbit

GL Zeng, GT Gullberg - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 1992 - iopscience.iop.org
… Suppose that our object has a support of a sphere [[x(l<R as shown in figure I, then the
required half-length a of the line-orbit is 2DR(D'-R2)-"2 by the data sufficiency condition. …

A filtered backprojection algorithm with characteristics of the iterative Landweber algorithm

G L. Zeng - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In order to eventually develop an analytical algorithm with noise characteristics of
an iterative algorithm, this technical note develops a window function for the filtered …

Nonuniform noise propagation by using the ramp filter in fan-beam computed tomography

GL Zeng - IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is observed that when the homogeneity property of the ramp filter is used to derive a
filtered backprojection algorithm in fan-beam tomography, the reconstructed images have …

A slice-by-slice blurring model and kernel evaluation using the Klein-Nishina formula for 3D scatter compensation in parallel and converging beam SPECT

C Bai, GL Zeng, GT Gullberg - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
Converging collimation increases the geometric efficiency for imaging small organs, such as
the heart, but also increases the difficulty of correcting for the physical effects of attenuation, …

A study of reconstruction artifacts in cone beam tomography using filtered backprojection and iterative EM algorithms

GL Zeng, GT Gullberg - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1990 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconstruction artifacts in cone beam tomography are studied for filtered backprojection (Feldkamp)
and iterative EM algorithms. The filtered backprojection algorithm uses a voxel-…

Model based filtered backprojection algorithm: A tutorial

GL Zeng - Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2014 - Springer
Purpose People have been wandering for a long time whether a filtered backprojection (FBP)
algorithm is able to incorporate measurement noise in image reconstruction. The purpose …