introduction: in this study, we intend to use diffuse optical tomography (dot) as a noninvasive, safe and low cost technique that can be considered as a functional imaging method and mention the importance of image reconstruction in accuracy and procession of image. one of the most important and fastest methods in image reconstruction is the boundary element method (bem). this method is introdu...

The sampling patterns, cost functions, and reconstruction algorithms play important roles in optimizing compressed sensing magnetic resonance imaging (CS-MRI). Simple random sampling patterns did not take into account the energy distribution in k-space and resulted in suboptimal reconstruction of MR images. Therefore, a variety of variable density (VD) based samplings patterns had been develope...

Abstract The Fast Factorised Back-Projection (FFBP) algorithm has received considerable attention recently for SAS image reconstruction. The FFBP algorithm provides a means of trading image quality and/or resolution for a reduction in computational cost over standard Back-Projection. In this paper we describe FFBP for SAS image reconstruction and compare it to the Wavenumber algorithm in terms ...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of hip reconstruction on patients with skeletal metastases to the hip. We investigated the effect of hip reconstruction on quality of life and ambulatory status, as well as cost-effectiveness of hip reconstruction in this group of patients.

Recently, efforts have been made to improve ptychography phase retrieval algorithms so that they are more robust against noise. Often the algorithm is adapted by changing the cost functional that needs to be minimized. In particular, it has been suggested that the cost functional should be obtained using a maximum-likelihood approach that takes the noise statistics into account. Here, we consid...

BACKGROUND An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is a common knee injury, particularly among young and active individuals. Little is known, however, about the societal impacts of ACL tears, which could be large given the typical patient age and increased lifetime risk of knee osteoarthritis. This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of ACL reconstruction compared with structured rehabilita...

Efficient recurrence relations for computing arbitrary-order Taylor coefficients for any univariate function can be directly applied to a function of n variables by fixing a direction in Rn. After a sequence of directions, the multivariate Taylor coefficients or partial derivatives can be reconstructed or “interpolated”. The sequence of univariate calculations is more efficient than multivariat...

The literature review shows software development projects often neither meet time deadlines, nor run within the allocated budgets. One common reason can be the inaccurate cost estimation process, although several approaches have been proposed in this field. Recent research studies suggest that in order to increase the accuracy of this process, estimation models have to be revised. The Construct...

Abstract. The watershed transform and the morphological reconstruction are two of the most important operators for image segmentation in the framework of mathematical morphology. In many situations, the segmentation requires the classical watershed transform of a reconstructed image. In this paper, we introduce the IFT-watershed from gray scale marker a method to compute at same time, the recon...

For magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with Cartesian k-space sampling, a simple inverse FFT usually suffices for image reconstruction. More sophisticated image reconstruction methods are needed for non-Cartesian k-space acquisitions. Regularized least-squares methods for image reconstruction involve minimizing a cost function consisting of a least-squares data fit term plus a regularizing roughn...