SIAM News, the newsjournal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics is considered on of the most important journals in its field.
It's current issue features the article "A Reconstruction Algorithm is a Key Enabling Technology for a New Ultrafast CT-Scanner" written by Federico Giudiceandrea, Alexander Katsevich and Enrico Ursella also available online.
In their article, the three authors explain how Microtec's CT scanner called CT Log enables the production of more valuable wood components and less waste pieces by means of the Katsevich Algorithm.
The Katsevich Algorithm creates a precise reconstruction of the log passing the CT scanner and provides an optimal virtual cut plan for the log.
For the groundbreaking development of a CT scanner for whole tree logs, Alexander Katsevich and Federico Giudiceandrea receiveid the 2016 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, with the diploma being handed out by His Majesty the King of Sweden in Stockholm this October.
The Katsevich inversion algorithm, developed in 2001, is the first enabling solution for implementing wide cone angle scanning.
Example of a CT reconstruction of a log by Microtec.
The Katsevich Algorithm creates a precise reconstruction of the log passing the CT scanner and provides an optimal virtual cut plan for the log.
Reconstructed cross-section of a log showing identified defects and a virtual cut.
For the groundbreaking development of a CT scanner for whole tree logs, Alexander Katsevich and Federico Giudiceandrea receiveid the 2016 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, with the diploma being handed out by His Majesty the King of Sweden in Stockholm this October.
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