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| + | The resulting CAT scan is reminiscent of the target, but it is ambiguous. I found that you need at least 8 sections to get a recognizable image. The more sections you use the better. Here is a composite of 8 and 32 radial sections: | ||
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| + | This technique will work with very complex images. Given a photograph I synthesized 32 1-dimensional scans and then regenerated the photograph using the CAT algorithm. | ||
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| + | [[image:target_n.png] [[image:target_n_out.png] [[image:target_n_out_enhanced.png] | ||
Revision as of 09:12, 13 December 2007
CAT Scanning
Here are some sample images that illustrate the process. The algorithm is quite simple.
In a real CAT Scan system the 1 dimensional slices would be taken from the horizontal row of a series of x-rays. In this demo I don't yet have the x-rays to work with so I synthesize the 1D bands from the target image that I want to regenerate. So given a target image I generate a series of 1D radial slices by rotating the target image and then averaging all values in the rows of the image. Then I rotate the slice back to the original angle.
Slices are synthesized from a 180 degree rotation of the target image.
The target and four 1-dimensional sections. The position of the sections corresponds to the angle of projection. |
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Add (overlay) the four 1D radial sections together to get the CAT scan image at the right.
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The resulting CAT scan is reminiscent of the target, but it is ambiguous. I found that you need at least 8 sections to get a recognizable image. The more sections you use the better. Here is a composite of 8 and 32 radial sections:
[[image:target_8_out.png] [[image:target_32_out.png]
This technique will work with very complex images. Given a photograph I synthesized 32 1-dimensional scans and then regenerated the photograph using the CAT algorithm.
[[image:target_n.png] [[image:target_n_out.png] [[image:target_n_out_enhanced.png]
