A language for generating tomographic images of mathematical phantoms

• Published in: Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 173
• Main Authors: Mooij, R B, Amols, H I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2000
• Subjects: Algorithms; Biophysical Phenomena; Biophysics; Humans; Phantoms, Imaging - statistics & numerical data; Programming Languages; Radiographic Image Enhancement; Radiosurgery - statistics & numerical data; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - statistics & numerical data; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

A computer language is presented that can be used to generate image files, as if the images are created with a CT or a MR scanner. The language defines objects in the "scanner's" coordinate system, as sets of quadratic inequalities. Each of these objects, e.g., an ellipsoid or a half-...