Lambda tomography with discontinuous scanning trajectories

Abstract

Lambda tomography (LT) is a well-known local reconstruction technology to reduce the radiation dose or accommodate a limited imaging geometry. After a theoretical analysis of the so-called Calderon operator (CO), the necessary conditions for exact LT reconstruction are presented in terms of the 2D and 3D COs. Based on our previous results on LT, a general scheme is proposed to construct exact LT formulae in terms of the 2D CO with multiple segment trajectories. Every 2D formula has a corresponding 3D cone-beam formula in the Feldkamp framework in terms of the 2D CO which was illustrated in a triple-segment case. Our simulation results verify the correctness and demonstrate the merits of the proposed scheme. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.