Title: 3D image reconstruction from its 2D projection - a simulation study

Authors: Hawraa H. Al-waelly; Hameed M. Abduljabbar

Addresses: College of Education for Pure Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq ' College of Education for Pure Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract: A simulation study of using 2D tomography to reconstruction a 3D object is presented. The 2D Radon transform is used to create a 2D projection for each slice of the 3D object at different heights. The 2D back-projection and the Fourier slice theorem methods are used to reconstruction each 2D projection slice of the 3D object. The results showed the ability of the Fourier slice theorem method to reconstruct the general shape of the body with its internal structure, unlike the 2D Radon method, which was able to reconstruct the general shape of the body only because of the blurring artefact, Beside that the Fourier slice theorem could not remove all blurring artefact, therefore, this research, suggested the threshold technique to eliminate the excessive points due to the blurring artefact.

Keywords: tomography; 2D projections; 3D reconstruction; Fourier slice theorem; FST; Radon transform.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2020.10026915

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2020 Vol.14 No.1, pp.10 - 18

Received: 28 Jan 2019
Accepted: 29 Apr 2019
Published online: 14 Feb 2020 *