A conebeam computed tomography scanner (10) acquires conebeam projection
data along a generally helical source trajectory around an examination
region (14). An exact reconstruction processor (40) includes a
convolution processor (42) and an aperture weighted backprojection
processor (46, 66). The convolution processor (42) performs at least one
convolution of the acquired projection data. The convolving operates on
projection data falling within an exact reconstruction window (38) and on
at least some redundant projection data falling outside the exact
reconstruction window (38) to produce convolved projection data. The
aperture-weighted backprojection processor (46, 66) performs
aperture-weighted backprojecting of the convolved projection data using
an aperture weighting function that weightedly combines at least some
convolved redundant projection data with convolved projection data
falling within the exact reconstruction window (38) to generate a
reconstructed image with contributions from redundant projection data.