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2.3. Pre- and Post-Processing
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3. Mathematical Preliminaries
3.1. Slice Acquisition Model
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𝑘
(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝜀 + ∫ (𝑣 ∘ 𝑢
𝑘
)(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)ℎ(𝑠𝑘 − 𝑧) d𝑧
∞
−∞
!!
/$%!𝑘 = 1, . . . , 𝐾G! 31,%,!𝑢
𝑘
: (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) ↦ (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)
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𝐟 =
[
𝐟
1
; . . . ; 𝐟
𝐾
]
∈ ℝ
𝑁
2
𝐾
, 𝐟
𝑘
= 𝐇
𝑘
𝐔
𝑘
𝐯 ∈ ℝ
𝑁
2
,!
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𝑘
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𝑘
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)!*&<!
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𝑘
𝐯 = 𝐯 +
[
𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠(𝐯
𝑥
) , 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠(𝐯
𝑦
) , 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠(𝐯
𝑧
)
]
𝐒𝐮
𝑘
,!
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𝑘
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3.2. Classical SVR Methods
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[
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1
𝐔
1
; . . . ; 𝐇
𝐾
𝐔
𝐾
]
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1
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𝐾
]
J!^,!
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{1,2,3}
, 𝐯
{1,2,3}
) =
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𝐔
1
𝐯
1
− 𝐟
1
‖
2
2
!
+
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𝐔
2
𝐯
2
− 𝐟
2
‖
2
2
+
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𝐔
3
𝐯
3
− 𝐟
3
‖
2
2
!
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1
− 𝐯
2
= 𝐯
2
− 𝐯
3
= 𝐯
3
− 𝐯
1
= 𝟎!
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{1,2,3}
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