title: Digital tomosynthesis parallel imaging computational analysis with shift and add and back projection reconstruction algorithms.
abstract: Digital tomosynthesis is a novel technology that has been developed for various clinical applications. Parallel imaging configuration is utilised in a few tomosynthesis imaging areas such as digital chest tomosynthesis. Recently, parallel imaging configuration for breast tomosynthesis began to appear too. In this paper, we present the investigation on computational analysis of impulse response characterisation as the start point of our important research efforts to optimise the parallel imaging configurations. Results suggest that impulse response computational analysis is an effective method to compare and optimise imaging configurations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA. adachen@siu.edu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Apuroop
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balla
authors.forename: Cleveland E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rayford II
authors.forename: Weihua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Linlin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cong
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*