An Efficient Estimation Method for Reducing the Axial Intensity Drop in Circular Cone-Beam CT

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International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

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Figure 10: An Efficient Estimation Method for Reducing the Axial Intensity Drop in Circular Cone-Beam CT 