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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 154630, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/154630
Research Article

Combined Energy Minimization for Image Reconstruction from Few Views

Wei Wei,1 Xiao-Lin Yang,2 Bin Zhou,3 Jun Feng,2 and Pei-Yi Shen4

1School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
2College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
3College of Science, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
4National School of Software, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

Received 15 June 2012; Revised 27 August 2012; Accepted 22 September 2012

Academic Editor: Kui Fu Chen

Copyright © 2012 Wei Wei et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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