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Construction of a Full Row-Rank Matrix System for Multiple Scanning Directions in Computed Tomography
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Xiezhang Li, Georgia Southern University
  • James D. Diffenderfer, Georgia Southern University
  • Jiehua Zhu, Georgia Southern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2017
DOI
10.1016/j.cam.2016.08.039
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Abstract

A full row-rank system matrix generated by scans along two directions in discrete tomography was recently studied. In this paper, we generalize the result to multiple directions. Let Ax = h be a reduced binary linear system generated by scans along three directions. Using geometry, it is shown in this paper that the linearly dependent rows of the system matrix A can be explicitly identified and a full row-rank matrix can be obtained after the removal of those rows. The results could be extended to any number of multiple directions. Therefore, certain software packages requiring a full row-rank system matrix can be adopted to reconstruct an image. Meanwhile, the cost of computation is reduced by using a full row-rank matrix.

Citation Information
Xiezhang Li, James D. Diffenderfer and Jiehua Zhu. "Construction of a Full Row-Rank Matrix System for Multiple Scanning Directions in Computed Tomography" Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics Vol. 311 (2017) p. 529 - 538 ISSN: 0377-0427
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jiehua_zhu/64/