A solution to Hammer's X-ray reconstruction problem (Q2642053)

The paper contains four new algorithms for reconstructing planar convex bodies: two of them from their parallel X-rays in a fixed finite set of dimensions and the other two from their point X-rays at a fixed finite set of points. The algorithms follow the least-squares optimization procedure used for reconstructing homogeneous objects from noisy X-ray data from the early 1980s. The situations that guarantee the uniqueness of the solution are thoroughly discussed. Complete proofs of convergence are provided, solving, in a strong sense, Hammer's X-ray problem published in 1963.