title: A variable resolution x-ray detector for computed tomography: I. Theoretical basis and experimental verification.
abstract: A computed tomography imaging technique called variable resolution x-ray (VRX) detection provides detector resolution ranging from that of clinical body scanning to that of microscopy (1 cy/mm to 100 cy/mm). The VRX detection technique is based on a new principle denoted as "projective compression" that allows the detector resolution element to scale proportionally to the image field size. Two classes of VRX detector geometry are considered. Theoretical aspects related to x-ray physics and data sampling are presented. Measured resolution parameters (line-spread function and modulation-transfer function) are presented and discussed. A VRX image that resolves a pair of 50 micron tungsten hairs spaced 30 microns apart is shown.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA. fdibianca@utmem.edu
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: DiBianca
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Zeman
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004867:Equipment Design; D015233:Models, Statistical; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction