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Many CT slice images are stored with large slice intervals to reduce storage size in clinical practice. This leads to low resolution perpendicular to the slice images (i.e., z-axis), which is insufficient for 3D visualization or image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-04 Akira Kudo , Yoshiro Kitamura , Yuanzhong Li , Satoshi Iizuka , Edgar Simo-Serra

Computed tomography (CT) plays an important role in lung malignancy diagnostics and therapy assessment and facilitating precision medicine delivery. However, the use of personalized imaging protocols poses a challenge in large-scale…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-06 Md Selim , Jie Zhang , Baowei Fei , Guo-Qiang Zhang , Jin Chen

Automated lesion segmentation from computed tomography (CT) is an important and challenging task in medical image analysis. While many advancements have been made, there is room for continued improvements. One hurdle is that CT images can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Youbao Tang , Jinzheng Cai , Le Lu , Adam P. Harrison , Ke Yan , Jing Xiao , Lin Yang , Ronald M. Summers

One of the most challenges in medical imaging is the lack of data. It is proven that classical data augmentation methods are useful but still limited due to the huge variation in images. Using generative adversarial networks (GAN) is a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-16 Amine Amyar , Su Ruan , Pierre Vera , Pierre Decazes , Romain Modzelewski

This paper proposes a deep learning-based denoising method for noisy low-dose computerized tomography (CT) images in the absence of paired training data. The proposed method uses a fidelity-embedded generative adversarial network (GAN) to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Hyoung Suk Park , Jineon Baek , Sun Kyoung You , Jae Kyu Choi , Jin Keun Seo

CT scans are the standard-of-care for many clinical ailments, and are needed for treatments like external beam radiotherapy. Unfortunately, CT scanners are rare in low and mid-resource settings due to their costs. Planar X-ray radiography…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-07 Yiran Sun , Tucker Netherton , Laurence Court , Ashok Veeraraghavan , Guha Balakrishnan

X-ray computed tomography (CT) reconstructs cross-sectional images from projection data. However, ionizing X-ray radiation associated with CT scanning might induce cancer and genetic damage. Therefore, the reduction of radiation dose has…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-13 Huidong Xie , Hongming Shan , Wenxiang Cong , Xiaohua Zhang , Shaohua Liu , Ruola Ning , Ge Wang

Computed tomography (CT) scans offer a detailed, three-dimensional representation of patients' internal organs. However, conventional CT reconstruction techniques necessitate acquiring hundreds or thousands of x-ray projections through a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-27 Chulong Zhang , Lin Liu , Jingjing Dai , Xuan Liu , Wenfeng He , Yinping Chan , Yaoqin Xie , Feng Chi , Xiaokun Liang

The synthesis of computed tomography (CT) from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cone-beam CT (CBCT) plays a critical role in clinical treatment planning by enabling accurate anatomical representation in adaptive radiotherapy. In this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Siyuan Mei , Yan Xia , Fuxin Fan , Andreas Maier

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is one of the most common imaging techniques used to diagnose various diseases in the medical field. Its high contrast sensitivity and spatial resolution allow the physician to observe details of body parts…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-03 Daeun Kyung , Kyungmin Jo , Jaegul Choo , Joonseok Lee , Edward Choi

Because of the necessity to obtain high-quality images with minimal radiation doses, such as in low-field magnetic resonance imaging, super-resolution reconstruction in medical imaging has become more popular (MRI). However, due to the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-27 Weizhi Du , Harvery Tian

X-ray computed tomography (CT) uses different filter kernels to highlight different structures. Since the raw sinogram data is usually removed after the reconstruction, in case there are additional need for other types of kernel images that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Serin Yang , Eung Yeop Kim , Jong Chul Ye

Magnetic resonance image (MRI) reconstruction is a severely ill-posed linear inverse task demanding time and resource intensive computations that can substantially trade off {\it accuracy} for {\it speed} in real-time imaging. In addition,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-06-02 Morteza Mardani , Enhao Gong , Joseph Y. Cheng , Shreyas Vasanawala , Greg Zaharchuk , Marcus Alley , Neil Thakur , Song Han , William Dally , John M. Pauly , Lei Xing

Compared with the conventional 1*1 acquisition mode of projection in computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction, the 2*2 acquisition mode improves the collection efficiency of the projection and reduces the X-ray exposure time. However,…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Chao Tang , Wenkun Zhang , Linyuan Wang , Ailong Cai , Ningning Liang , Lei Li , Bin Yan

Computed tomography (CT) is essential for treatment and diagnostics; In case CT are missing or otherwise difficult to obtain, methods for generating synthetic CT (sCT) images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images are sought after.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-29 Emily Honey , Anders Helbo , Jens Petersen

Diversity in data is critical for the successful training of deep learning models. Leveraged by a recurrent generative adversarial network, we propose the CT-SGAN model that generates large-scale 3D synthetic CT-scan volumes ($\geq…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-08 Ahmad Pesaranghader , Yiping Wang , Mohammad Havaei

X-ray tomography is capable of imaging the interior of objects in three dimensions non-invasively, with applications in biomedical imaging, materials science, electronic inspection, and other fields. The reconstruction process can be an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-22 Zhen Guo , Jung Ki Song , George Barbastathis , Michael E. Glinsky , Courtenay T. Vaughan , Kurt W. Larson , Bradley K. Alpert , Zachary H. Levine

This work investigates the use of guided attention in the reconstruction of CTvolumes from biplanar DRRs. We try to improve the visual image quality of the CT reconstruction using Guided Attention based GANs (GA-GAN). We also consider the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-15 Ashish Sinha , Yohei Sugawara , Yuichiro Hirano

In many clinical settings, the use of both Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance (MRI) is necessary to pursue a thorough understanding of the patient's anatomy and to plan a suitable therapeutical strategy; this is often the case…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-16 Leonardo Crespi , Samuele Camnasio , Damiano Dei , Nicola Lambri , Pietro Mancosu , Marta Scorsetti , Daniele Loiacono

Computed tomography (CT) is widely utilized in clinical settings because it delivers detailed 3D images of the human body. However, performing CT scans is not always feasible due to radiation exposure and limitations in certain surgical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-19 Xuhui Liu , Zhi Qiao , Runkun Liu , Hong Li , Juan Zhang , Xiantong Zhen , Zhen Qian , Baochang Zhang