
Tomography methods of recovering the image of medium 321
Here we have used the relation
F [sgn(ν)] =
i
π
P
1
p
,
where P is the symbol of integration in the sense of Cauchy principal value. De-
noting the Hilbert transform by H, i.e., setting
H(u) = −
1
π
P
1
p
∗ u(p)
,
we can write the following representation of the Radon inversion in an even-
dimensional space:
ϕ(x) = −iC
n
Z
|n|=1
dn
H
∂
∂p
n−1
u(p, n)
(n · x, n)
= −
iC
n
π
Z
|n|=1
dn P
∞
Z
−∞
(∂/∂p)
n−1
u(p, n)
p − n · x
dp . (11.7)
Thus, in the case of an even value of n, in order to recover the function ϕ(x) one
needs to compute the derivative of the order (n − 1) with respect to the aiming
distance p of the Radon transform u(p, n), thereafter perform the Hilbert transform
with respect to the aiming distance p, and, finally, carry out integration over the
unit sphere.
Analyzing representations (11.6) and (11.7) of the Radon inversion for even- and
odd-dimensional spaces, we readily see that the Radon inversion is “local” for odd
values of n. In this case, Radon surfaces on hyperplanes passing in the vicinity of
the space point x of the recovery are used. In even-dimensional spaces, the Radon
inversion is essentially nonlocal, which is explicitly demonstrated by the integral
Hilbert transform. The manifestation of the locality or nonlocality of the Radon
inversion is caused by a close relation between the Radon inversion and harmonic
functions. In particular, this relation manifests itself in the nonlocality of wave
fronts in even-dimensional spaces, where a wave front is followed by a diffusion
train, which is in contrast to sharply pronounced wave fronts in odd-dimensional
spaces.
We want to represent the Radon transform in the operator form. To this end,
for an arbitrary function ψ(p, n) (where p = n ·x), such that ψ(p, n) = ψ(−p, −n),
we introduce the conjugate Radon operator R
∗
:
R
∗
ψ =
Z
|n|=1
ψ(n · x, n)dn .
Then, for odd values of n, the Radon inversion can be represented in the operator
form as
R
−
= R
∗
Γ
e
,