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Spectral Photon-Counting Computed Tomography (SPCCT) is a promising technology that has shown a number of advantages over conventional X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) in the form of material separation, artefact removal and enhanced image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-10 Dimitris Kamilis , Mario Blatter , Nick Polydorides

Background: Dual-energy (DE) imaging techniques in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) have potential clinical applications, including material quantification and improved tissue visualization. However, the performance of DE CBCT is…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-06-26 Cem Altunbas

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

Parallel-beam X-ray computed tomography (CT) and electrical impedance tomography (EIT) are two imaging modalities which stem from completely different underlying physics, and for decades have been thought to have little in common either…

Defect engineering has been profoundly employed to confer desirable functionality to materials that pristine lattices inherently lack. Although single atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) images are widely…

Objective: The advent of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) with large electronic imaging databases along with advances in deep neural networks with machine learning has provided a unique opportunity to achieve milestones in automated image…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-12-16 Cecilia S. Lee , Doug M. Baughman , Aaron Y. Lee

The analysis of multi-modality positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) images for computer aided diagnosis applications requires combining the sensitivity of PET to detect abnormal regions with anatomical localization…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Ashnil Kumar , Michael Fulham , Dagan Feng , Jinman Kim

X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is an important tool in medical imaging to obtain a direct visualization of patient anatomy. However, the x-ray radiation exposure leads to the concern of lifetime cancer risk. Low-dose CT scan can reduce the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-10-30 Guoyang Ma , Chenyang Shen , Xun Jia

Quantitative estimation of contrast agent concentration is made possible by spectral CT and material decomposition. There are several approaches to modulate the sensitivity of the imaging system to obtain the different spectral channels…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-10-16 Matthew Tivnan , Wenying Wang , Grace Gang , Eleni Liapi , Peter Noel , J. Webster Stayman

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging requires accurate attenuation correction (AC) to account for photon loss due to tissue density variations. In PET/MR systems, computed tomography (CT), which offers a straightforward estimation of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-11 Weijie Chen , James Wang , Alan McMillan

The use of dual-energy CT (DECT) potentially decreases range uncertainties in proton and ion therapy treatment planning via determination of the involved physical target quantities. For eventual clinical application, the correct treatment…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-05-19 Christian Möhler , Patrick Wohlfahrt , Christian Richter , Steffen Greilich

In dual-energy computed tomography (DECT), the X-ray tube energy pair often changes depending on the target organ or patient obesity. In practice, it makes difficult to apply deep learning (DL) based algorithms for image reconstruction…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-03-08 Donghyeon Lee , Uijin Jeong , Sungho Yun , Joonil Hwang , Seungryong Cho

X-ray energy spectrum plays an essential role in imaging and related tasks. Due to the high photon flux of clinical CT scanners, most of the spectrum estimation methods are indirect and are usually suffered from various limitations. The…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-04-19 Wei Zhao , Qiude Zhang , Tianye Niu

Multispectral computed tomography (CT) enables advanced material characterization by acquiring energy-resolved projection data. However, since the incoming X-ray flux is be distributed across multiple narrow energy bins, the photon count…

Increased noise is a general concern for dual-energy material decomposition. Here, we develop an image-domain material decomposition algorithm for dual-energy CT (DECT) by incorporating an edge-preserving filter into the Local HighlY…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Wei Zhao , Tianye Niu , Lei Xing , Yaoqin Xie , Guanglei Xiong , Kimberly Elmore , Jun Zhu , Luyao Wang , James K. Min

Phase contrast transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a powerful tool for imaging the local atomic structure of materials. TEM has been used heavily in studies of defect structures of 2D materials such as monolayer graphene due to its…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-01 Robbie Sadre , Colin Ophus , Anstasiia Butko , Gunther H Weber

Accurate segmentation of the left ventricle myocardium in cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) is essential for e.g. the assessment of myocardial perfusion. Automatic deep learning methods for segmentation in CCTA might suffer from differences in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-29 Steffen Bruns , Jelmer M. Wolterink , Robbert W. van Hamersvelt , Majd Zreik , Tim Leiner , Ivana Išgum

Precise localization of coronary arteries in Computed Tomography (CT) scans is critical from the perspective of medical assessment of coronary artery disease. Although various methods exist that offer high-quality segmentation of coronary…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-27 Mariusz Bujny , Katarzyna Jesionek , Jakub Nalepa , Karol Miszalski-Jamka , Katarzyna Widawka-Żak , Sabina Wolny , Marcin Kostur

Computed tomography is widely used as an imaging tool to visualize three-dimensional structures with expressive bone-soft tissue contrast. However, CT resolution and radiation dose are tightly entangled, highlighting the importance of…

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) offers improved diagnostic performance through better spatial and energy resolution, but developing high-quality image reconstruction methods that can deal with these large datasets is challenging. Model-based…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Alma Eguizabal , Ozan Öktem , Mats U. Persson