Towards continuous-to-continuous 3D imaging in the real world

Phys Med Biol. 2019 Sep 18;64(18):185007. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab3fb5.

Abstract

Imaging systems are often modeled as continuous-to-discrete mappings that map the object (i.e. a function of continuous variables such as space, time, energy, wavelength, etc) to a finite set of measurements. When it comes to reconstruction, some discretized version of the object is almost always assumed, leading to a discrete-to-discrete representation of the imaging system. In this paper, we discuss a method for single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging that avoids discrete representations of the object or the imaging system, thus allowing reconstruction on an arbitrarily fine set of points.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon