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Low-dose CT reconstruction method based on prior information of normal-dose image.
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Journal of X-Ray Science & Technology . 2020, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p1091-1111. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Radiation risk from computed tomography (CT) is always an issue for patients, especially those in clinical conditions in which repeated CT scanning is required. For patients undergoing repeated CT scanning, a low-dose protocol, such as sparse scanning, is often used, and consequently, an advanced reconstruction algorithm is also needed. OBJECTIVE: To develop a novel algorithm used for sparse-view CT reconstruction associated with the prior image. METHODS: A low-dose CT reconstruction method based on prior information of normal-dose image (PI-NDI) involving a transformed model for attenuation coefficients of the object to be reconstructed and prior information application in the forward-projection process was used to reconstruct CT images from sparse-view projection data. A digital extended cardiac-torso (XCAT) ventral phantom and a diagnostic head phantom were employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed PI-NDI method. The root-mean-square error (RMSE), peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and mean percent absolute error (MPAE) of the reconstructed images were measured for quantitative evaluation of the proposed PI-NDI method. RESULTS: The reconstructed images with sparse-view projection data via the proposed PI-NDI method have higher quality by visual inspection than that via the compared methods. In terms of quantitative evaluations, the RMSE measured on the images reconstructed by the PI-NDI method with sparse projection data is comparable to that by MLEM-TV, PWLS-TV and PWLS-PICCS with fully sampled projection data. When the projection data are very sparse, images reconstructed by the PI-NDI method have higher PSNR values and lower MPAE values than those from the compared algorithms. CONCLUSIONS: This study presents a new low-dose CT reconstruction method based on prior information of normal-dose image (PI-NDI) for sparse-view CT image reconstruction. The experimental results validate that the new method has superior performance over other state-of-art methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08953996
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of X-Ray Science & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151834047
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3233/XST-200716