title: Time-coded aperture tomography: experimental results.
abstract: In this paper, we discuss the applicability of a time-coded aperture system especially designed for thyroid tomography on the basis of phantom experiments. Our studies show that 1) the quality of the reconstructions is high (e.g., a cold spot of 6 mm diameter in a thyroid phantom can easily be detected), and 2) the reconstruction can be carried out in less than 11 min on a standard 16 bit minicomputer (HP1000). It is therefore concluded that the clinical potentiality of the device is good.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Van Giessen
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Viergever
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: De Graaf
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Dane