The Radon transform, its generalization and their applications in PET and SPECT medical imaging

Abstract

In the present thesis, the following three different mathematical problems are solved: (a) the problem of edge detection in the Radon (ρ,θ)-space, (b) the problem of deblurring in the attenuated Radon (ρ,θ)-space, and (c) the problem of the inversion of the attenuated Radon transform via a new analytic formula, following the pioneering work of Novikov and Fokas, and the associated numerical implementation, referred to as the attenuated spline reconstruction technique (aSRT). The above mathematical problems involve the inversion of the celebrated Radon transform of a function, defined as the set of all its line integrals, as well as the inversion of a certain generalization of the Radon transform of a function, the so-called attenuated Radon transform, defined as the set of all its attenuated line integrals. The non-attenuated and attenuated versions of the Radon transform provide the mathematical foundation of two of the most important available medical imaging techniques, namely posit ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/46704
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/46704
ND
46704
Alternative title
Ο μετασχηματισμός Radon, οι γενικεύσεις του και εφαρμογές αυτών στις ιατρικές απεικονίσεις PET και SPECT
Author
Protonotarios, Nikolaos (Father's name: Emmanouil)
Date
2019
Degree Grantor
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Committee members
Χαραλαμπόπουλος Αντώνιος
Καστής Γεώργιος
Φωκάς Αθανάσιος
Γιαννακάκης Νικόλαος
Δούκα Ευανθία
Νικήτα Κωνσταντίνα
Στρατής Ιωάννης
Discipline
Natural SciencesMathematics
Keywords
Radon transform; Attenuated Radon transform; Radon transform inversion; Attenuated Radon transform inversion; Mathematical image reconstruction; PET; SPECT
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
200 σ., im., tbls., fig., ch.
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