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Projection correlation based view interpolation for cone beam CT: Primary fluence restoration in scatter measurement with a moving beam stop array.
Phys. Med. Biol. 55, 6353-6375 (2010)
Scatter correction is an open problem in x-ray cone beam (CB) CT. The measurement of scatter intensity with a moving beam stop array (BSA) is a promising technique that offers a low patient dose and accurate scatter measurement. However, when restoring the blocked primary fluence behind the BSA, spatial interpolation cannot well restore the high-frequency part, causing streaks in the reconstructed image. To address this problem, we deduce a projection correlation (PC) to utilize the redundancy (over-determined information) in neighbouring CB views. PC indicates that the main high-frequency information is contained in neighbouring angular projections, instead of the current projection itself, which provides a guiding principle that applies to high-frequency information restoration. On this basis, we present the projection correlation based view interpolation (PC-VI) algorithm; that it outperforms the use of only spatial interpolation is validated. The PC-VI based moving BSA method is developed. In this method, PC-VI is employed instead of spatial interpolation, and new moving modes are designed, which greatly improve the performance of the moving BSA method in terms of reliability and practicability. Evaluation is made on a high-resolution voxel-based human phantom realistically including the entire procedure of scatter measurement with a moving BSA, which is simulated by analytical ray-tracing plus Monte Carlo simulation with EGSnrc. With the proposed method, we get visually artefact-free images approaching the ideal correction. Compared with the spatial interpolation based method, the relative mean square error is reduced by a factor of 6.05-15.94 for different slices. PC-VI does well in CB redundancy mining; therefore, it has further potential in CBCT studies.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
X-Ray scatter; Computed-tomography; Micro-CT; Algorithm; Reduction; Modulation; Simulation; Noise; Model
Language
english
Publication Year
2010
HGF-reported in Year
2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0031-9155
e-ISSN
1361-6560
Journal
Physics in Medicine and Biology
Quellenangaben
Volume: 55,
Issue: 21,
Pages: 6353-6375
Publisher
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)
Publishing Place
Bristol
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s)
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Research field(s)
Radiation Sciences
PSP Element(s)
G-503600-002
Scopus ID
78149321335
Erfassungsdatum
2010-12-03