FIG. 2.
Reconstructed images and plots of the objective function and stopping metric values for GPBB and UPN on the digital Shepp-Logan phantom. A total of 66 projections are used in the study. Row (1): using a simulated noise level of I0=5×105 photons per ray; (2): using I0=5×104. Column (a) reconstructed CT image using ABOCS with the UPN implementation, display window: [−500 500] HU; (b) difference image compared with the ground truth, display window: [−100 100] HU; (c) 1d plot of the objective function values versus the iteration number; (d) 1d plot of the stopping metric versus the iteration number.