摘要:
A method of removing an imaging artifact in a medical image, including obtaining a first plurality of images, the first plurality of images collectively defining a first image volume; filtering the first plurality of images to create a second plurality of images, each image in the second plurality of images comprising an average of at least two images in the first plurality of images; selecting a first image from the first plurality of images; adding a lost noise image to a second image in the second plurality of images to create a noise restored image, the second image in the second plurality of images corresponding to the first image in the first plurality of images; determining a gradient image based on pixel values in the second plurality of images, the gradient image comprising a gradient value at each pixel location in the second image; and combining, based on the determined gradient image, the first image and the noise restored image to obtain a corrected image that does not contain the imaging artifact.
摘要:
A method, system, and computer program product for compensating for the unavailability of projection data of a scanned object at a selected point, the selected point located outside a detection range of a detector. The method include the steps of obtaining projection data of the scanned object, and compensating for the unavailability of the projection data at the selected point based on the obtained projection data and coordinates of the selected point relative to the detector. The compensating step includes determining at least one complementary projection angle and coordinates of at least one complementary point based on a source projection angle and the coordinates of the selected point relative to the detector, and estimating the projection data value at the selected point based on the acquired projection data, the at least one complementary projection angle, and the coordinates of the at least one complementary point.
摘要:
A method and system for reconstructing an x-ray image from a partial orbit through the use of a “virtual” fan angle. The virtual fan angle is determined based upon the range of angular positions spanned by a source in a CT instrument or a selected smaller angle. Exposure data is obtained and he virtual fan angle is used to weight the exposure data. Image reconstruction can then proceed using the weighted exposure data. The described methods and system also function for data collected over a complete orbit.
摘要:
The methods and systems of the present invention is an algorithm which estimates motion inside objects that change during the scan. The algorithm is flexible and can be used for solving the misalignment correction problem and, more generally, for finding scan parameters that are not accurately known. The algorithm is based on Local Tomography so it is faster and is not limited to a source trajectory for which accurate and efficient inversion formulas exist.
摘要:
A computed tomography apparatus and method where data is upsampled with shifting to produce upsampled data. The data is shifted up and down in the same amount in the z-direction, and then upsampled through interpolation. An image is reconstructed using the upsampled data. The process is preferably performed column-by-column. An upsampling shift and interpolation kernel size can be adaptive to the data z-gradient.
摘要:
Scattered radiation is estimated by using a reduced image generated from a projection image, and the scattered radiation image of the projection image is acquired by enlargement processing. The scattered radiation correction of the projection image is executed by subtracting the obtained scattered radiation image from the projection image. In addition, when a primary X-ray image and a scattered radiation image in each projection direction are to be obtained by sequential approximation calculation, a primary X-ray image which has already been identified in an adjacent projection direction is used as a first estimated value (initially set value) in next sequential calculation.
摘要:
A computed tomography apparatus and method using line data estimated from circle data and scanogram data. An image of a subject is reconstructed using the circle data and the estimated line data. The circle data and scanogram data may be weighted in estimating the line data. The apparatus and method are useful in diminishing or eliminating streak artifacts in reconstructed images such as images including the spine.
摘要:
A computed tomography apparatus and method using line data estimated from circle data and scanogram data. An image of a subject is reconstructed using the circle data and the estimated line data. The circle data and scanogram data may be weighted in estimating the line data. The apparatus and method are useful in diminishing or eliminating streak artifacts in reconstructed images such as images including the spine.
摘要:
A method of obtaining a computed tomography image of an object includes determining linear terms and non-linear beam hardening terms in a pair of line integral equations for dual-energy projection data from inserting average and difference from average attenuation terms, obtaining an initial solution of the line integral equation by setting the non-linear beam hardening terms to zero, and iteratively solving the line integral equations to obtain one line integral equations for each basis material. Attenuation by the first basis material corresponds to a photoelectric attenuation process, and attenuation by the second basis material corresponds to a Compton attenuation process. The line integral equations can be inverted by an inverse Radon procedure such as filtered backprojection to give images of each basis material. The images of each basis material can then be optionally combined to give monochromatic images, density and effective atomic number images, or photoelectric and Compton processes images.
摘要:
An x-ray computed tomography device and method where backprojection is performed with pixels each having their own back projection range. The range is determined using a two-dimensional completeness condition such that every line through a reconstructed slice must intercept the projection of the source orbit onto the plane of the slice. The completeness condition provides an adequate amount of data for the back projection to maintain quality of the reconstructed image while allowing a higher helical pitch ratio. This is advantageous in situations where fast scanning is desired, such as patient screening and CT-angiography. The method and device are preferably applied to a helical cone beam system. The backprojection can be performed using cone-beam projection data obtained with a helical scan or after sorting the projection data into parallel-beam ray-sums in the transverse plane while maintaining the cone angle. The sorting advantageously further increases the helical pitch ratio and thus increases scanning speed and reduces scanning time. The two types of backprojection may each use either the full projection data set or a minimal data set determined based upon the completeness condition.