IL119785A - Method and apparatus for multislice helical image reconstruction in a computer tomography system - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for multislice helical image reconstruction in a computer tomography system

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IL119785A
IL119785A IL11978596A IL11978596A IL119785A IL 119785 A IL119785 A IL 119785A IL 11978596 A IL11978596 A IL 11978596A IL 11978596 A IL11978596 A IL 11978596A IL 119785 A IL119785 A IL 119785A
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image reconstruction
computer tomography
tomography system
helical image
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    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T11/00—2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
    • G06T11/003—Reconstruction from projections, e.g. tomography
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    • G01N2223/419—Imaging computed tomograph
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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IL11978596A 1995-12-21 1996-12-09 Method and apparatus for multislice helical image reconstruction in a computer tomography system IL119785A (en)

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US08/576,765 US5606585A (en) 1995-12-21 1995-12-21 Methods and apparatus for multislice helical image reconstruction in a computer tomography system

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