The Missing Cone Problem in Computer Tomography and a Model for Interpolation in Synthetic Aperture Radar.

Abstract

The first part of this thesis considers the missing cone problem in computer tomography. In this problem, an incomplete set of projection data is available from which an image must be reconstructed. The object of the algorithms presented in this thesis is to reconstruct a higher quality image than that obtainable by treating the projections as the only source of information concerning the image to be generated. This is accomplished by treating the problem in terms of spectral extrapolation. With this interpretation, various assumptions concerning the image and other forms of a priori information can be included in the data set to increase the total information available. In order to understand the subtleties of these enhancement algorithms, the spectral extrapolation techniques exployed must be well understood. A result of studying the Gerchberg and Papoulis extrapolation techniques is that either can be characterized as a contraction mapping for any realizable discrete implementation. Further more, it is theoretically derived and experimentally verified that these algorithms will in general obtain an optimal solution prior to converging to the unique fixed point.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA142421

Entities

People

  • D. A. Hayner

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Science
  • Data Sets
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Energy Bands
  • Engineering
  • Image Processing
  • Image Reconstruction
  • Inverse Problems
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Operating Systems
  • Periodic Functions
  • Radar
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Systems Analysis and Design