TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FOR PARTIALLY-KNOWN SYSTEMS AND IMAGE SEQUENCES BY JOVAN G. BRANKOV

ii iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT First I want to express my thanks to my parents for their full support throughout my education and to my sister for her encouragement and advice. I want to thank my adviser Dr. Miles Wernick for introducing me in this filed, for all his help and for believing in me. Special thanks for all my friends, especially to Ana, for encouraging me and sharing with me the both the sadness and the joy.

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