Method of paired transforms for reconstruction of images from projections: discrete model

An effective method of discrete image reconstruction from its projections is introduced. The method is based on the vector and paired representations of the two-dimensional (2D) image with respect to the 2D discrete Fourier transform. Such representations yield algorithms for image reconstruction by a minimal number of attenuation measurements in certain projections. The proposed algorithms are described in detail for an N/spl times/N image, when N=2/sup r/, r>1. The inverse formulas for image reconstruction are given. The efficiency of the algorithms is expressed in the fact that they require a minimal number of multiplications, or can be implemented without such at all. The problem of discrete image reconstruction is also considered in three-dimensional (3D) space, namely on the 3D torus, where the reconstruction is performed by means of the nonlinear projections that are integral over 3D spirals on the torus.