NAME¶

phm2if — Generate Phantom (generate phantom for computed tomography simulator)

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

generates phantom images for comparisons to reconstructions for CTsim.

is configured to use a variety of options for phantom generation.

Every tool is run through ctsim-nogui, as in "ctsim-nogui phm2if ...", or directly if a symbolic link of that name points at it.

The arguments and options are as follows:

outfile

Name of output file for image

nx

Number of pixels X-axis

ny

Number of pixels Y-axis

--view-ratio

View diameter to phantom diameter ratio (default = 1)

--phantom

Phantom to use for projection

herman

Herman head phantom

shepp-logan

Shepp-Logan head phantom

unit-pulse

Unit pulse phantom

--phmfile

Generate Phantom from phantom file

--filter

Generate Phantom from a filter function

abs_sinc

Abs * Sinc

abs_cos

Abs * Cosine

abs_hamming

Abs * Hamming

shepp

Shepp-Logan

bandlimit

Bandlimiting

sinc

Sinc

cos

Cosine

triangle

Triangle

hamming

Hamming

--filter-param

Alpha level for Hamming filter

--filter-domain

Set domain of filter

spatial

Spatial domain (default)

freq

Frequency domain

--filter-bw

Filter bandwidth (default = 1)

--desc

Description to store in the image file

--nsample

Number of samples per axis per pixel (default = 1)

--trace

Trace level to use

none

No tracing (default)

console

Trace text level

--verbose

Report progress and details while running.

--version

Print the CTSim version and exit.

--help

Print the usage summary and exit.

SEE ALSO¶

ctsim-nogui(1), ctsim(1)

The CTSim manual, installed as /usr/share/doc/ctsim/ctsim.pdf and ctsim.html and available from the Help menu of ctsim.

AUTHORS¶

Kevin M. Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>