Tomographic Sparse View Selection Using the View Covariance Loss
- Purdue University
- ORNL
Standard computed tomography (CT) reconstruction algorithms such as filtered back projection (FBP) and Feldkamp-Davis-Kress (FDK) require many views for producing high-quality reconstructions, which can slow image acquisition and increase cost in non-destructive evaluation (NDE) applications. Over the past 20 years, a variety of methods have been developed for computing high-quality CT reconstructions from sparse views. However, the problem of how to select the best views for CT reconstruction remains open. In this paper, we present a novel view covariance loss (VCL) function that measures the joint information of a set of views by approximating the normalized mean squared error (NMSE) of the reconstruction. We present fast algorithms for computing the VCL along with an algorithm for selecting a subset of views that approximately minimizes its value. Our experiments on simulated and measured data indicate that for a fixed number of views our proposed view covariance loss selection (VCLS) algorithm results in reconstructions with lower NRMSE, fewer artifacts, and greater accuracy than current alternative approaches.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 2584494
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Vol. TBD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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