The problem of digitally reconstructing an image from its projections has
become important during the past few years. There are many areas where
practical applications of this problem arise. The application that has revolu-
tionized diagnostic radiology is that of computerized tomography where χ
rays are used to generate the projection data for a cross section of the human
body. From the projection data one reconstructs a cross-sectional image
depicting with very high resolution the morphological details of the body
in that cross section. Other medical applications are in the areas of nuclear
medicine and ultrasonic
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