diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_radon_transform.py b/doc/examples/plot_radon_transform.py index 04cf7bab..7cfa8d33 100644 --- a/doc/examples/plot_radon_transform.py +++ b/doc/examples/plot_radon_transform.py @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Radon transform =============== In computed tomography, the tomography reconstruction problem is to obtain -a tomographic slice image from a set of projections [1]_. A projection is formed -by drawing a set of parallel rays through the 2D object of interest, assigning -the integral of the object's contrast along each ray to a single pixel in the -projection. A single projection of a 2D object is one dimensional. To -enable computed tomography reconstruction of the object, several projections +a tomographic slice image from a set of projections [1]_. A projection is +formed by drawing a set of parallel rays through the 2D object of interest, +assigning the integral of the object's contrast along each ray to a single +pixel in the projection. A single projection of a 2D object is one dimensional. +To enable computed tomography reconstruction of the object, several projections must be acquired, each of them corresponding to a different angle between the rays with respect to the object. A collection of projections at several angles is called a sinogram, which is a linear transform of the original image. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ and reconstructing the original image are compared: The Filtered Back Projection (FBP) and the Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (SART). -.. seealso:: +For further information on tomographic reconstruction, see - AC Kak, M Slaney, "Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging", http://www.slaney.org/pct/pct-toc.html