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Reconstructing an image from its Radon transform is a fundamental computed tomography (CT) task arising in applications such as X-ray scans. In many practical scenarios, a full 180-degree scan is not feasible, or there is a desire to reduce…
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) utilizes the movement of the radar antenna over a specific area of interest to achieve higher spatial resolution imaging. In this paper, we aim to investigate the realization of SAR imaging for a stationary…
We consider the inverse problem of the broken ray transform (sometimes also referred to as the V-line transform). Explicit image reconstruction formulas are derived and tested numerically. The obtained formulas are generalizations of the…
In image reconstruction there are techniques that use analytical formulae for the Radon transform to recover an image from a continuum of data. In practice, however, one has only discrete data available. Thus one often resorts to sampling…
The star transform is a generalized Radon transform mapping a function of two variables to its integrals along "star-shaped" trajectories, which consist of a finite number of rays emanating from a common vertex. Such operators appear in…
We present a novel analysis of a Radon transform, $R$, which maps an $L^2$ function of compact support to its integrals over smooth surfaces of revolution with centers on an embedded hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Using microlocal…
In material testing applications, Computed Tomography is a well established imaging technique that allows the recovery of the attenuation map of an object. Conventional modalities exploit only primary radiation and although in the energy…
Invertible image representation methods (transforms) are routinely employed as low-level image processing operations based on which feature extraction and recognition algorithms are developed. Most transforms in current use (e.g. Fourier,…
A fast implementation of the OPED algorithm, a reconstruction algorithm for Radon data introduced recently, is proposed and tested. The new implementation uses FFT for discrete sine transform and an interpolation step. The convergence of…
The distance transform (DT) and its many variations are ubiquitous tools for image processing and analysis. In many imaging scenarios, the images of interest are corrupted by noise. This has a strong negative impact on the accuracy of the…
Spherical Harmonic Transforms (SHT) are at the heart of many scientific and practical applications ranging from climate modelling to cosmological observations. In many of these areas new, cutting-edge science goals have been recently…
The Radon transform Rf of functions f on SO(3) has recently been applied extensively in texture analysis, i.e. the analysis of preferred crystallographic orientation. In practice one has to determine the orientation probability density…
Super-resolution imaging (S.R.) is a series of techniques that enhance the resolution of an imaging system, especially in surveillance cameras where simplicity and low cost are of great importance. S.R. image reconstruction can be viewed as…
We present injectivity and microlocal analyses of a new generalized Radon transform, $\mathcal{R}$, which has applications to a novel scanner design in three-dimensional Compton Scattering Tomography (CST), which we also introduce here.…
Rotating Synthetic Aperture Radar (ROSAR) can generate a 360$^\circ$ image of its surrounding environment using the collected data from a single moving track. Due to its non-linear track, the Back-Projection Algorithm (BPA) is commonly used…
Simulating high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images in complex scenes has consistently presented a significant research challenge. The development of a microwave-domain surface scattering model and its reversibility are poised…
In this paper, we develop a novel super-resolution algorithm for near-field synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) under irregular scanning geometries. As fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave (mmWave) devices are becoming increasingly affordable…
A Radon-type transform called a cone transform that assigns to a given function its integral over various sets of cones has arisen in the last decade in the context of the study of Compton cameras used in Single Photon Emission Computed…
In this paper, we consider the conical Radon transform on all cones with horizontal central axis whose vertices are on a straight line. We derive an explicit inversion formula for such transform. The inversion makes use of the vertical…
The purpose of this report is a study of the algebraic approach possibilities to reconstruct images. This approach is reduced to solution of the large system of linear algebraic equations. We also point out some possible further…