A Novel Low-Dose Dual-Energy Imaging Method for a Fast-Rotating Gantry-Type CT Scanner.
In: IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Jg. 40 (2021-03-01), Heft 3, S. 1007-1020
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CT scan by use of a beam-filter placed between the x-ray source and the patient allows a single-scan low-dose dual-energy imaging with a minimal hardware modification to the existing CT systems. We have earlier demonstrated the feasibility of such imaging method with a multi-slit beam-filter reciprocating along the direction perpendicular to the CT rotation axis in a cone-beam CT system. However, such method would face mechanical challenges when the beam-filter is supposed to cooperate with a fast-rotating gantry in a diagnostic CT system. In this work, we propose a new scanning method and associated image reconstruction algorithm that can overcome these challenges. We propose to slide a beam-filter that has multi-slit structure with its slits being at a slanted angle with the CT gantry rotation axis during a scan. A streaky pattern would show up in the sinogram domain as a result. Using a notch filter in the Fourier domain of the sinogram, we removed the streaks and reconstructed an image by use of the filtered-backprojection algorithm. The remaining image artifacts were suppressed by applying ${l}_{{0}}$ norm based smoothing. Using this image as a prior, we have reconstructed low- and high-energy CT images in the iterative reconstruction framework. An image-based material decomposition then followed. We conducted a simulation study to test its feasibility using the XCAT phantom and also an experimental study using the Catphan phantom, a head phantom, an iodine-solution phantom, and a monkey in anesthesia, and showed its successful performance in image reconstruction and in material decomposition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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A Novel Low-Dose Dual-Energy Imaging Method for a Fast-Rotating Gantry-Type CT Scanner.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Cho, Sanghoon ; Lee, Seoyoung ; Lee, Jongha ; Lee, Donghyeon ; Kim, Hyoyi ; Ryu, Jong-Hyun ; Jeong, Kilhwan ; Kim, Kyu-Gyum ; Yoon, Kwon-Ha ; Cho, Seungryong |
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Zeitschrift: | IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Jg. 40 (2021-03-01), Heft 3, S. 1007-1020 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0278-0062 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1109/TMI.2020.3044357 |
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