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The MARS scanner is designed for the x-ray spectroscopic study of samples with the aid of computer tomography methods. Computer tomography allows the reconstruction of slices of an investigated sample using a set of shadow projections…

Rotational symmetry is a defining feature of many tomography systems, including computed tomography (CT) and emission computed tomography (ECT), where detectors are arranged in a circular or periodically rotating configuration. This study…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-02-05 Yaogong Zhang , Fang-Fang Yin , Lei Zhang

We derive computed tomography (CT) of a time-varying volumetric translucent object, using a small number of moving cameras. We particularly focus on passive scattering tomography, which is a non-linear problem. We demonstrate the approach…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Roi Ronen , Yoav Y. Schechner , Eshkol Eytan

We present an efficient and automatic approach for accurate reconstruction of instances of big 3D objects from multiple, unorganized and unstructured point clouds, in presence of dynamic clutter and occlusions. In contrast to conventional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-18 Tolga Birdal , Slobodan Ilic

While Computerized Tomography (CT) images can help detect disease such as Covid-19, regular CT machines are large and expensive. Cheaper and more portable machines suffer from errors in geometry acquisition that downgrades CT image quality.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-03 Peijian Ding

X-ray tomographic image reconstruction consists of determining an object function from its projections. In many applications such as non-destructive testing, we look for a fault region (air) in a homogeneous, known background (metal). The…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mohammad-Djafari , Ken Sauer

In tomographic reconstruction, the goal is to reconstruct an unknown object from a collection of line integrals. Given a complete sampling of such line integrals for various angles and directions, explicit inverse formulas exist to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-18 Tristan van Leeuwen , Simon Maretzke , K. Joost Batenburg

Medical imaging modalities have revolutionized health-care approaches by offering a better understanding of the human anatomy. Discovery of x-rays allowed the exploiting of the micro-scaled information of human anatomy. Computed tomography…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-09-18 Sanam Assili

Neutron computed tomography (nCT) is a 3D characterization technique used to image the internal morphology or chemical composition of samples in biology and materials sciences. A typical workflow involves placing the sample in the path of a…

This paper provides a novel approach to stitching surface images of rotationally symmetric parts. It presents a process pipeline that uses a feature-based stitching approach to create a distortion-free and true-to-life image from a video…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-22 Tobias Schlagenhauf , Tim Brander , Juergen Fleischer

Computed Tomography is a powerful imaging technique that allows non-destructive visualization of the interior of physical objects in different scientific areas. In traditional reconstruction techniques the object of interest is mostly…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-03 Koen Ruymbeek , Wim Vanroose

X-ray imaging is widely employed in clinical medicine, industrial inspection, and various scientific research fields. Unfortunately, most currently used X-ray two-dimensional (2D) detectors suffer from a fundamental trade-off between the…

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is widely utilized in the medical, industrial, and other fields to nondestructively generate three-dimensional structural images of objects. However, CT images are often affected by various artifacts, with…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Yang Zou , Meili Qi , Jianhua Zhang , Difei Zhang , Shuwei Wang , Jiale Zhang , Shengkun Yao , Huaidong Jiang

Computed tomography has propelled scientific advances in fields from biology to materials science. This technology allows for the elucidation of 3-dimensional internal structure by the attenuation of x-rays through an object at different…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-02 Rey Mendoza , Minh Nguyen , Judith Weng Zhu , Vincent Dumont , Talita Perciano , Juliane Mueller , Vidya Ganapati

The ion-optic grid-system is the essential part of electrostatic ion thrusters governing performance and lifetime. Therefore reliable measurements of the grid and aperture geometry over the lifetime are necessary to understand and predict…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 Jörn Krenzer , Felix Reichenbach , Jochen Schein

For extending CT field-of-view to perform non-destructive testing, the Symmetric Multi-Linear trajectory Computed Tomography (SMLCT) has been developed as a successful example of non-standard CT scanning modes. However, inevitable geometric…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Zhisheng Wang , Yanxu Sun , Shangyu Li , Legeng Lin , Shunli Wang , Junning Cui

The penetration power of x-rays allows one to image large objects. For example, centimeter-sized specimens can be imaged with micron-level resolution using synchrotron sources. In this case, however, the limited beam diameter and detector…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-23 Ming Du , Rafael Vescovi , Kamel Fezzaa , Chris Jacobsen , Doga Gursoy

Symmetry is a key feature observed in nature (from flowers and leaves, to butterflies and birds) and in human-made objects (from paintings and sculptures, to manufactured objects and architectural design). Rotational, translational, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Felice De Luca , Md Iqbal Hossain , Stephen Kobourov

Time-resolved high-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (4D $\mu$CT) is an imaging technique that offers insight into the evolution of dynamic processes inside materials that are opaque to visible light. Conventional tomographic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-12 Wannes Goethals , Tom Bultreys , Steffen Berg , Matthieu N. Boone , Jan Aelterman

Computed tomography (CT) has become an essential part of modern science and medicine. A CT scanner consists of an X-ray source that is spun around an object of interest. On the opposite end of the X-ray source, a detector captures X-rays…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-14 Thomas Germer , Jan Robine , Sebastian Konietzny , Stefan Harmeling , Tobias Uelwer