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Four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) has been widely used in cancer radiotherapy for accurate target delineation and motion measurement for tumors in thorax and upper abdomen areas. However, 4DCT simulation is associated with much…

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The dose of X-ray radiation and the scanning time are crucial factors in computed tomography (CT) for clinical applications. In this work, we introduce a multi-source static CT imaging system designed to rapidly acquire sparse view and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-01-03 Ziju Shen , Haimiao Zhang , Bin Dong , Jun Qiu , Yunxiang Li , Zhili Cui

The development of fast and accurate image reconstruction algorithms is a central aspect of computed tomography. In this paper, we investigate this issue for the sparse data problem in photoacoustic tomography (PAT). We develop a direct and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-31 Stephan Antholzer , Markus Haltmeier , Johannes Schwab

For nonlinear multispectral computed tomography (CT), accurate and fast image reconstruction is challenging when the scanning geometries under different X-ray energy spectra are inconsistent or mismatched. Motivated by this, we propose an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Yu Gao , Chong Chen

Gaussian Processes (GPs) are highly expressive, probabilistic models. A major limitation is their computational complexity. Naively, exact GP inference requires $\mathcal{O}(N^3)$ computations with $N$ denoting the number of modeled points.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Gordian Edenhofer , Reimar H. Leike , Philipp Frank , Torsten A. Enßlin

We present an out-of-core hydrodynamic code for high resolution cosmological simulations that require terabytes of memory. Out-of-core computation refers to the technique of using disk space as virtual memory and transferring data in and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hy Trac , Ue-Li Pen

In this manuscript we present a fast GPU implementation for tomographic reconstruction of large datasets using data obtained at the Brazilian synchrotron light source. The algorithm is distributed in a cluster with 4 GPUs through a fast…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-28 Gilberto Martinez , Janito V. Ferreira Filho , Eduardo X. Miqueles

Modern tomography involves gathering projection data from multiple directions and feeding them into a software algorithm for tomographic reconstruction. We focus our study on image reconstruction from Radon data in the setting of…

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In this chapter a general mathematical model of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is presented on the basis of the electromagnetic theory. OCT produces high resolution images of the inner structure of biological tissues. Images are…

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Ptychography is a popular microscopic imaging modality for many scientific discoveries and sets the record for highest image resolution. Unfortunately, the high image resolution for ptychographic reconstruction requires significant amount…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-19 Xiao Wang , Aristeidis Tsaris , Debangshu Mukherjee , Mohamed Wahib , Peng Chen , Mark Oxley , Olga Ovchinnikova , Jacob Hinkle

In computed tomography (CT), the projection geometry used for data acquisition needs to be known precisely to obtain a clear reconstructed image. Rigid patient motion is a cause for misalignment between measured data and employed geometry.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-14 Mareike Thies , Fabian Wagner , Noah Maul , Laura Pfaff , Linda-Sophie Schneider , Christopher Syben , Andreas Maier

Low-Dose computer tomography (LDCT) is an ideal alternative to reduce radiation risk in clinical applications. Although supervised-deep-learning-based reconstruction methods have demonstrated superior performance compared to conventional…

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A major challenge in computed tomography (CT) is to reduce X-ray dose to a low or even ultra-low level while maintaining the high quality of reconstructed images. We propose a new method for CT reconstruction that combines penalized…

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Proton computed tomography (pCT) is a novel medical imaging modality for mapping the distribution of proton relative stopping power (RSP) in medical objects of interest. Compared to conventional X-ray computed tomography, where range…

A resolution enhancement technique for optical coherence tomography (OCT), based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), was developed and investigated. GANs have been previously used for resolution enhancement of photography and optical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-19 Kaicheng Liang , Xinyu Liu , Si Chen , Jun Xie , Wei Qing Lee , Linbo Liu , Hwee Kuan Lee

Resolution level and reconstruction quality in nano-computed tomography (nano-CT) are in part limited by the stability of microscopes, because the magnitude of mechanical vibrations during scanning becomes comparable to the imaging…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Viktor Nikitin , Vincent De Andrade , Azat Slyamov , Benjamin J. Gould , Yuepeng Zhang , Vandana Sampathkumar , Narayanan Kasthuri , Doga Gursoy , Francesco De Carlo

As a burgeoning technique, out-of-focus electron ptychography offers the potential for rapidly imaging atomic-scale large fields of view (FoV) using a single diffraction dataset. However, achieving robust out-of-focus ptychographic…

In this work, we propose a new paradigm of iterative model-based reconstruction algorithms for providing real-time solution for zooming-in and refining a region of interest in medical and clinical tomographic images. This algorithmic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Junqi Tang , Guixian Xu , Jinglai Li

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) microscope (OCM) uses a high-numerical-aperture objective to achieve cellular-level lateral resolution. However, its practical imaging depth range is limited by the depth of focus (DOF). Although…