Implementation of Block-Wise-Transform-Reduction Method for Image Reconstruction in Ultrasound Transmission Tomography

Abstract

The work presents image reconstruction in ultrasonic transmission tomography using the Block-Wise-Transform-Reduction method. The system consists of a tomography platform using ultrasound built by the authors, and an algorithm that can reconstruct images in a distributed system. The algorithm applies image compression techniques (Discrete Cosine Transformation) for each block of the image separately. This allows location object in the analyzed area for real-time image reconstruction using an ultrasound tomographic device. The idea behind the method used is that the reconstruction process is directly connected to the compression process.