Optimizing Information Transfer Characteristics of Tomographic Imaging Systems

虽然有许多重建图像的方法，但目前还没有一种技术允许基于全局性能标准对性能进行比较。这是一项发展技术的建议，该技术将客观地表征重建的质量，理论技术考虑到已知的图像统计特征。​这项新颖的研究可能会导致一种方法，定量表征不同的成像系统使用一个全局性能标准。这项工作具有潜在的实际用途，因为它可能导致选择最具成本效益的成像系统为给定的应用。

While there are many methods of reconstructing images, there is no current technique that allows a comparison of performance based upon a global performance criterion. This is a proposal to develop techniques that will objectively characterize the quality of reconstruction theoretical techniques that take into account known statistical characteristics of the images. This novel research may result in a way to quantitatively characterize different imaging systems using a global performance criterion. The work has potential practical usefulness since it may lead to the selection of the most cost- effective imaging system for given applications.