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Title: Radial differential interior tomography and its image reconstruction with differentiated backprojection and projection onto convex sets

Abstract

Purpose: Interior tomography has been recognized as one of the most effective approaches in computed tomography (CT) to reduce radiation dose rendered to patients. In this work, the authors propose and evaluate an imaging method of radial differential interior tomography.Methods: In interior tomography, an x-ray beam is collimated to only irradiate the region of interest (ROI) with suspected lesions while the surrounding area/volume of normal tissues/organs is spared. In the proposed imaging method of radial differential interior tomography, the outcome is a ROI image that has gone through a radial differential filtering. The image reconstruction algorithm for the radial differential interior tomography is kept in the fashion of differentiated backprojection and projection onto convex sets, but the required a priori knowledge in a small round area becomes zero and may be more readily available in practice.Results: Using the projection data simulated by computer and acquired by CT scanner, the authors evaluate and verify the performance of the proposed radial differential interior tomography method and its associated image reconstruction algorithm. The preliminary results show that the proposed imaging method can generate an image that is the radial differentiation of a conventional tomographic image and is robust over noise that inevitably existmore » in practice.Conclusions: It is believed that the proposed imaging method may find its utility in advanced clinical applications wherein a ROI-based image processing and analysis is required for lesion visualization, characterization, and diagnosis.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Imaging and Medical Physics, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 1701 Uppergate Drive, C-5018, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 and School of Automation, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710121 (China)
  2. Imaging and Medical Physics, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 1701 Uppergate Drive, C-5018, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22220448
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Medical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 40; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: (c) 2013 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-2405
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ANIMAL TISSUES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGES; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; RADIATION DOSES

Citation Formats

Tang, Shaojie, and Tang, Xiangyang. Radial differential interior tomography and its image reconstruction with differentiated backprojection and projection onto convex sets. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1118/1.4812676.
Tang, Shaojie, & Tang, Xiangyang. Radial differential interior tomography and its image reconstruction with differentiated backprojection and projection onto convex sets. United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4812676
Tang, Shaojie, and Tang, Xiangyang. 2013. "Radial differential interior tomography and its image reconstruction with differentiated backprojection and projection onto convex sets". United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4812676.
@article{osti_22220448,
title = {Radial differential interior tomography and its image reconstruction with differentiated backprojection and projection onto convex sets},
author = {Tang, Shaojie and Tang, Xiangyang},
abstractNote = {Purpose: Interior tomography has been recognized as one of the most effective approaches in computed tomography (CT) to reduce radiation dose rendered to patients. In this work, the authors propose and evaluate an imaging method of radial differential interior tomography.Methods: In interior tomography, an x-ray beam is collimated to only irradiate the region of interest (ROI) with suspected lesions while the surrounding area/volume of normal tissues/organs is spared. In the proposed imaging method of radial differential interior tomography, the outcome is a ROI image that has gone through a radial differential filtering. The image reconstruction algorithm for the radial differential interior tomography is kept in the fashion of differentiated backprojection and projection onto convex sets, but the required a priori knowledge in a small round area becomes zero and may be more readily available in practice.Results: Using the projection data simulated by computer and acquired by CT scanner, the authors evaluate and verify the performance of the proposed radial differential interior tomography method and its associated image reconstruction algorithm. The preliminary results show that the proposed imaging method can generate an image that is the radial differentiation of a conventional tomographic image and is robust over noise that inevitably exist in practice.Conclusions: It is believed that the proposed imaging method may find its utility in advanced clinical applications wherein a ROI-based image processing and analysis is required for lesion visualization, characterization, and diagnosis.},
doi = {10.1118/1.4812676},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22220448}, journal = {Medical Physics},
issn = {0094-2405},
number = 9,
volume = 40,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}