Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2006, Volume 4245/2006, 134-145, DOI: 10.1007/11907350_12

Quantised Angular Momentum Vectors and Projection Angle Distributions for Discrete Radon Transformations

Imants Svalbe, Shekhar Chandra, Andrew Kingston and Jean-Pierre Guédon

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Abstract

A quantum mechanics based method is presented to generate sets of digital angles that may be well suited to describe projections on discrete grids. The resulting angle sets are an alternative to those derived using the Farey fractions from number theory. The Farey angles arise naturally through the definitions of the Mojette and Finite Radon Transforms. Often a subset of the Farey angles needs to be selected when reconstructing images from a limited number of views. The digital angles that result from the quantisation of angular momentum (QAM) vectors may provide an alternative way to select angle subsets. This paper seeks first to identify the important properties of digital angles sets and second to demonstrate that the QAM vectors are indeed a candidate set that fulfils these requirements. Of particular note is the rare occurrence of degeneracy in the QAM angles, particularly for the half-integral angular momenta angle sets.

Keywords  Discrete projection - tomography - digital angles - finite Radon transforms

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