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We present new methods for lensing reconstruction from CMB temperature fluctuations which have smaller mean-field and reconstruction noise bias corrections than current lensing estimators, with minimal loss of signal-to-noise. These biases…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-08 Toshiya Namikawa , Duncan Hanson , Ryuichi Takahashi

With the emergence of CNT (Carbon nanotube), static and instant CT scanning becomes possible. By transforming the traditionally rotated thermal source into a static ring array source composed of multiple CNTs, the imaging system can achieve…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Jiayu Duan , Yang Li , Jianmei Cai , Xuanqin Mou

X-ray computed tomography (CT) using sparse projection views is a recent approach to reduce the radiation dose. However, due to the insufficient projection views, an analytic reconstruction approach using the filtered back projection (FBP)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-29 Yoseob Han , Jong Chul Ye

Even though convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are driving progress in medical image segmentation, standard models still have some drawbacks. First, the use of multi-scale approaches, i.e., encoder-decoder architectures, leads to a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-18 Ashish Sinha , Jose Dolz

When it comes to computed tomography (CT), the possibility to reconstruct a small region-of-interest (ROI) using truncated projection data is particularly appealing due to its potential to lower radiation exposure and reduce the scanning…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-04 Tatiana A. Bubba , Demetrio Labate , Gaetano Zanghirati , Silvia Bonettini

In certain three-dimensional (3D) applications of photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT), including \textit{in vivo} breast imaging, hemispherical measurement apertures that enclose the object within their convex hull are employed for…

Ultrasound (US) imaging is increasingly used in spinal procedures due to its real-time, radiation-free capabilities; however, its effectiveness is hindered by shadowing artifacts that obscure deeper tissue structures. Traditional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Miruna-Alexandra Gafencu , Reem Shaban , Yordanka Velikova , Mohammad Farid Azampour , Nassir Navab

Segmenting specific targets or structures in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images is fundamental for conducting further pathological studies. The retinal vascular layers are rich and intricate, and such vascular with…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-30 Xinrun Chen , Mei Shen , Haojian Ning , Mengzhan Zhang , Chengliang Wang , Shiying Li

Commercial iterative reconstruction techniques on modern CT scanners target radiation dose reduction but there are lingering concerns over their impact on image appearance and low contrast detectability. Recently, machine learning,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Hongming Shan , Atul Padole , Fatemeh Homayounieh , Uwe Kruger , Ruhani Doda Khera , Chayanin Nitiwarangkul , Mannudeep K. Kalra , Ge Wang

Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) have demonstrated its capability to convert MR image to pseudo CT for PET attenuation correction in PET/MRI. Conventionally, attenuated events are corrected in sinogram space using attenuation maps…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Jaewon Yang , Dookun Park , Jae Ho Sohn , Zhen Jane Wang , Grant T. Gullberg , Youngho Seo

A conventional approach to computed tomography (CT) or cone beam CT (CBCT) metal artifact reduction is to replace the X-ray projection data within the metal trace with synthesized data. However, existing projection or sinogram completion…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-24 Haofu Liao , Wei-An Lin , Zhimin Huo , Levon Vogelsang , William J. Sehnert , S. Kevin Zhou , Jiebo Luo

As Micro-CT technology continues to refine its characterization of material microstructures, industrial CT ultra-precision inspection is generating increasingly large datasets, necessitating solutions to the trade-off between accuracy and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Yipeng Yin , Rao Yao , Qingying Li , Dazhong Wang , Hong Zhou , Zhijun Fang , Jianing Chen , Longjie Qian , Mingyue Wu

While in situ experiments are gaining importance for the (mechanical) assessment of metamaterials or materials with complex microstructures, imaging conditions in such experiments are often challenging. The lab-based computed tomography…

Computed Tomography (CT) based precise prostate segmentation for treatment planning is challenging due to (1) the unclear boundary of the prostate derived from CT's poor soft tissue contrast and (2) the limitation of convolutional neural…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-20 Chengyin Li , Yao Qiang , Rafi Ibn Sultan , Hassan Bagher-Ebadian , Prashant Khanduri , Indrin J. Chetty , Dongxiao Zhu

The acquisition conditions for low-dose and high-dose CT images are usually different, so that the shifts in the CT numbers often occur. Accordingly, unsupervised deep learning-based approaches, which learn the target image distribution,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Chanyong Jung , Joonhyung Lee , Sunkyoung You , Jong Chul Ye

This paper provides a fast and patient-specific scatter artifact correction method for cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) used in image-guided interventional procedures. Due to increased irradiated volume of interest in CBCT imaging,…

Medical Physics · Physics 2015-01-20 Wei Zhao , Stephen Brunner , Kai Niu , Sebastian Schafer , Kevin Royalty , Guang-Hong Chen

Computed tomography (CT) is a beneficial imaging tool for diagnostic purposes. CT scans provide detailed information concerning the internal anatomic structures of a patient, but present higher radiation dose and costs compared to X-ray…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-05 Benjamin Paulson , Joshua Goldshteyn , Sydney Balboni , John Cisler , Andrew Crisler , Natalia Bukowski , Julia Kalish , Theodore Colwell

Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) is known as a widely used approach to reduce radiation dose while accelerating imaging through lowered projection views and correlated calculations. However, its severe imaging noise and streaking…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-20 Yitong Liu , Ken Deng , Chang Sun , Hongwen Yang

Multi-scale 3D characterization is widely used by materials scientists to further their understanding of the relationships between microscopic structure and macroscopic function. Scientific computed tomography (CT) instruments are one of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-12 S. V. Venkatakrishnan , K. Aditya Mohan , Amir Koushyar Ziabari , Charles A. Bouman

In this paper, we propose a novel data augmentation strategy named Cut-Thumbnail, that aims to improve the shape bias of the network. We reduce an image to a certain size and replace the random region of the original image with the reduced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Tianshu Xie , Xuan Cheng , Minghui Liu , Jiali Deng , Xiaomin Wang , Ming Liu
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