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Due to the energy-dependent nature of the attenuation coefficient and the polychromaticity of the X-ray source, beam hardening effect occurs when X-ray photons penetrate through an object, causing a nonlinear projection data. When a linear…
In Europe the 20% of the CT scans cover the thoracic region. The acquired images contain information about the cardiovascular system that often remains latent due to the lack of contrast in the cardiac area. On the other hand, the contrast…
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For conventional computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction tasks, the most popular method is the so-called filtered-back-projection (FBP) algorithm. In it, the acquired Radon projections are usually filtered first by a ramp kernel…
Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) finds diverse applications in medicine. Ensuring high image quality in CBCT scans is essential for accurate diagnosis and treatment delivery. Yet, the susceptibility of CBCT images to noise and artifacts…
Inspired by the success of deep learning applications on restoration of low-dose and sparse CT images, we propose a novel method to reconstruct high-quality 4D cone-beam CT (4DCBCT) images from sparse datasets. Our approach combines the…
Reconstruction of CT images from a limited set of projections through an object is important in several applications ranging from medical imaging to industrial settings. As the number of available projections decreases, traditional…
We address the problem of reconstructing high quality images from undersampled MRI data. This is a challenging task due to the highly ill-posed nature of the problem. In particular, in dynamic MRI scans, the interaction between the target…
Objective: Dynamic cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging is highly desired in image-guided radiation therapy to provide volumetric images with high spatial and temporal resolutions to enable applications including tumor motion tracking/prediction and…
Metal objects pose a significant challenge in cone-beam computed tomography, as their strong and energy-dependent X-ray attenuation leads to inconsistent projections and severe streaking and shading artifacts in reconstructed images. These…
This work introduces a new efficient iterative solver for the reconstruction of real-time cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), which is based on the Prior Image Constrained Compressed Sensing (PICCS) regularization and leverages the…
Respiratory motion can cause strong blurring artifacts in the reconstructed image during MR acquisition. These artifacts become more prominent when use in the presence of undersampled data. Recently, compressed sensing (CS) is developed as…
Unsupervised image translation using adversarial learning has been attracting attention to improve the image quality of medical images. However, adversarial training based on the global evaluation values of discriminators does not provide…
In computed tomography (CT), data truncation is a common problem. Images reconstructed by the standard filtered back-projection algorithm from truncated data suffer from cupping artifacts inside the field-of-view (FOV), while anatomical…
Contrast resolution beyond the limits of conventional cone-beam CT (CBCT) systems is essential to high-quality imaging of the brain. We present a deep learning reconstruction method (dubbed DL-Recon) that integrates physically principled…
Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a critical 3D imaging technology in the medical field, while the high radiation exposure required for high-quality imaging raises significant concerns, particularly for vulnerable populations.…
The diagnostic quality of computed tomography (CT) scans is usually restricted by the induced patient dose, scan speed, and image quality. Sparse-angle tomographic scans reduce radiation exposure and accelerate data acquisition, but suffer…
Undersampled CT volumes minimize acquisition time and radiation exposure but introduce artifacts degrading image quality and diagnostic utility. Reducing these artifacts is critical for high-quality imaging. We propose a computationally…
The presence of metallic implants often introduces severe metal artifacts in the X-ray CT images, which could adversely influence clinical diagnosis or dose calculation in radiation therapy. In this work, we present a novel…
Motion artifacts are a pervasive problem in MRI, leading to misdiagnosis or mischaracterization in population-level imaging studies. Current retrospective rigid intra-slice motion correction techniques jointly optimize estimates of the…