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Metal artifacts from high-attenuation implants severely degrade CT image quality, obscuring critical anatomical structures and posing a challenge for standard deep learning methods that require extensive paired training data. We propose a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Ahmet Rasim Emirdagi , Süleyman Aslan , Mısra Yavuz , Görkay Aydemir , Yunus Bilge Kurt , Nasrin Rahimi , Burak Can Biner , M. Akın Yılmaz

One of the advantages of spectral computed tomography (CT) is it can achieve accurate material components using the material decomposition methods. The image-based material decomposition is a common method to obtain specific material…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-18 Weiwen Wu , Peijun Chen , Vince Vardhanabhuti , Weifei Wu , Hengyong Yu

In many applications of tomography, the acquired projections are either limited in number or contain a significant amount of noise. In these cases, standard reconstruction methods tend to produce artifacts that can make further analysis…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-11 D. M. Pelt , K. J. Batenburg

Applying standard algorithms to sparse data problems in photoacoustic tomography (PAT) yields low-quality images containing severe under-sampling artifacts. To some extent, these artifacts can be reduced by iterative image reconstruction…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Stephan Antholzer , Johannes Schwab , Robert Nuster , Markus Haltmeier

In MRI, motion artefacts are among the most common types of artefacts. They can degrade images and render them unusable for accurate diagnosis. Traditional methods, such as prospective or retrospective motion correction, have been proposed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-01 Soumick Chatterjee , Alessandro Sciarra , Max Dünnwald , Steffen Oeltze-Jafra , Andreas Nürnberger , Oliver Speck

In this paper we present a generalized Deep Learning-based approach for solving ill-posed large-scale inverse problems occuring in medical image reconstruction. Recently, Deep Learning methods using iterative neural networks and cascaded…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-26 Andreas Kofler , Markus Haltmeier , Tobias Schaeffter , Marc Kachelrieß , Marc Dewey , Christian Wald , Christoph Kolbitsch

Computed tomography (CT) reconstructs volumetric images using X-ray projection data acquired from multiple angles around an object. For low-dose or sparse-view CT scans, the classic image reconstruction algorithms often produce severe noise…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-03-04 Wenxiang Cong , Wenjun Xia , Ge Wang

We apply the superiorization methodology to the intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning problem. In superiorization, linear voxel dose inequality constraints are the fundamental modeling tool within which a…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-07-28 Florian Barkmann , Yair Censor , Niklas Wahl

Fourier domain structured low-rank matrix priors are emerging as powerful alternatives to traditional image recovery methods such as total variation and wavelet regularization. These priors specify that a convolutional structured matrix,…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-06-27 Greg Ongie , Mathews Jacob

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) Imaging methods are usually based on algorithms of match-filtering type, without considering the scene's characteristic, which causes limited imaging quality. Besides, post-processing steps…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-07 Xu Zhan , Xiaoling Zhang , Shunjun Wei , Jun Shi

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) plays a key role in dental diagnosis and surgery. However, the metal teeth implants could bring annoying metal artifacts during the CBCT imaging process, interfering diagnosis and downstream processing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-19 Yuxuan Shi , Jun Xu , Dinggang Shen

This work is to develop a general framework, namely analytical iterative reconstruction (AIR) method, to incorporate analytical reconstruction (AR) method into iterative reconstruction (IR) method, for enhanced CT image quality and…

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Emerging neural reconstruction techniques based on tomography (e.g., NeRF, NeAT, and NeRP) have started showing unique capabilities in medical imaging. In this work, we present a novel Polychromatic neural representation (Polyner) to tackle…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-03 Qing Wu , Lixuan Chen , Ce Wang , Hongjiang Wei , S. Kevin Zhou , Jingyi Yu , Yuyao Zhang

Metal artifacts in computed tomography (CT) imaging pose significant challenges to accurate clinical diagnosis. The presence of high-density metallic implants results in artifacts that deteriorate image quality, manifesting in the forms of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Xinrui Zhang , Ailong Cai , Shaoyu Wang , Linyuan Wang , Zhizhong Zheng , Lei Li , Bin Yan

This study introduces a novel reconstruction method for dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), focusing on effectively reducing metal-induced artifacts commonly encountered in the presence of prevalent metallic implants. Despite…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Hyoung Suk Park , Kiwan Jeon , Jin Keun Seo

Retrospective artifact correction (RAC) improves image quality post acquisition and enhances image usability. Recent machine learning driven techniques for RAC are predominantly based on supervised learning and therefore practical utility…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-12 Siyuan Liu , Kim-Han Thung , Liangqiong Qu , Weili Lin , Dinggang Shen , Pew-Thian Yap

Metal implants in MRI cause severe artifacts that degrade image quality and hinder clinical diagnosis. Traditional approaches address metal artifact reduction (MAR) and accelerated MRI acquisition as separate problems. We propose MASC, a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Zhengyi Lu , Ming Lu , Chongyu Qu , Junchao Zhu , Junlin Guo , Marilyn Lionts , Yanfan Zhu , Yuechen Yang , Tianyuan Yao , Jayasai Rajagopal , Bennett Allan Landman , Xiao Wang , Xinqiang Yan , Yuankai Huo

Nowadays, the field computed tomography (CT) encompasses a large variety of settings, ranging from nanoscale to meter-sized objects imaged by different kinds of radiation in various acquisition modes. This experimental diversity challenges…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-11 Simon Maretzke

The sparse-views x-ray computed tomography (CT) is essential for medical diagnosis and industrial nondestructive testing. However, in particular, the reconstructed image usually suffers from complex artifacts and noise, when the sampling is…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-10-08 Genwei Ma , Yining Zhu , Xing Zhao

The reduction of metal artifacts in computed tomography (CT) images, specifically for strong artifacts generated from multiple metal objects, is a challenging issue in medical imaging research. Although there have been some studies on…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-24 Megumi Nakao , Keiho Imanishi , Nobuhiro Ueda , Yuichiro Imai , Tadaaki Kirita , Tetsuya Matsuda