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Computed Tomography (CT) using synchrotron radiation is a powerful technique that, compared to lab-CT techniques, boosts high spatial and temporal resolution while also providing access to a range of contrast-formation mechanisms. The…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-20 Jiayang Shi , Daniel M. Pelt , K. Joost Batenburg

A central task in medical imaging is the reconstruction of an image or function from data collected by medical devices (e.g., CT, MRI, and PET scanners). We provide quantum algorithms for image reconstruction with exponential speedup over…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-27 Bobak Toussi Kiani , Agnes Villanyi , Seth Lloyd

Recent advancements in deep learning for automated image processing and classification have accelerated many new applications for medical image analysis. However, most deep learning applications have been developed using reconstructed,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-12-05 Hyunkwang Lee , Chao Huang , Sehyo Yune , Shahein H. Tajmir , Myeongchan Kim , Synho Do

Computer vision tasks require processing large amounts of data to perform image classification, segmentation, and feature extraction. Optical preprocessors can potentially reduce the number of floating point operations required by computer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Maksym Zhelyeznuyakov , Johannes E. Fröch , Shane Colburn , Steven L. Brunton , Arka Majumdar

X-ray computed tomography (CT) reveals the materials' internal structures non-destructively from a tilt series of projected images. Filtered back projection (FBP) is a widely-adopted reconstruction algorithm in CT owing to its small…

The iterative refinement method (IRM) has been very successfully applied in many different fields for examples the modern quantum chemical calculation and CT image reconstruction. It is proved that the refinement method can create an exact…

Medical Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Kang Yang , Kevin Yang , Xintie Yang , Shuang-Ren Zhao

Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) aims to minimize the radiation exposure to patients while maintaining diagnostic image quality. However, traditional CT reconstruction algorithms often struggle with the ill-posed nature of the problem,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-17 Daisy Chen

Quantum optimization for computed tomography (CT) reconstruction is constrained by the number of binary variables required for image representation, making direct whole-image quantum reconstruction difficult for large or structurally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Hyunju Lee , Jeonghwa Lee , Kyungtaek Jun

We propose a quantum-assisted reconstruction framework for high-resolution tomographic imaging that significantly reduces both qubit requirements and radiation exposure. Conventional quantum reconstruction methods require solving QUBO…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Hyunju Lee , Kyungtaek Jun

Computed tomography (CT) is a widely used non-invasive diagnostic method in various fields, and recent advances in deep learning have led to significant progress in CT image reconstruction. However, the lack of large-scale, open-access…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-12 Maximilian B. Kiss , Ander Biguri , Zakhar Shumaylov , Ferdia Sherry , K. Joost Batenburg , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Felix Lucka

Limited data and low dose constraints are common problems in a variety of tomographic reconstruction paradigms which lead to noisy and incomplete data. Over the past few years sinogram denoising has become an essential pre-processing step…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Faisal Mahmood , Nauman Shahid , Pierre Vandergheynst , Ulf Skoglund

With the availability of more powerful computing processors, iterative reconstruction algorithms have recently been successfully implemented as an approach to achieving significant dose reduction in X-ray CT. In this report, we describe our…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-08-23 D. Trinca , Y. Zhong , Y. Wang , T. Mamyrbayev , E. Libin

Computed Tomography (CT) imaging is one of the most influential diagnostic methods. In clinical reconstruction, an effective energy is used instead of total X-ray spectrum. This approximation causes an accuracy decline. To increase the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-07-25 Neda Gholami , Mohammad Mahdi Dehshibi , Mahmood Fazlali , Antonio Rueda-Toicen , Hector Zenil , Andrew Adamatzky

In practical applications of tomographic imaging, there are often challenges for image reconstruction due to under-sampling and insufficient data. In computed tomography (CT), for example, image reconstruction from few views would enable…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-04-30 Emil Y. Sidky , Chien-Min Kao , Xiaochuan Pan

Quantum process tomography is often used to completely characterize an unknown quantum process. However, it may lead to an unphysical process matrix, which will cause the loss of information respect to the tomography result. Convex…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-13 Xuan-Lun Huang , Jun Gao , Zhi-Qiang Jiao , Zeng-Quan Yan , Ling Ji , Xian-Min Jin

A CT image can be well reconstructed when the sampling rate of the sinogram satisfies the Nyquist criteria and the sampled signal is noise-free. However, in practice, the sinogram is usually contaminated by noise, which degrades the quality…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-22 Wei Wang , Xiang-Gen Xia , Chuanjiang He , Zemin Ren , Jian Lu , Tianfu Wang , Baiying Lei

The inversion of linear systems is a fundamental step in many inverse problems. Computational challenges exist when trying to invert large linear systems, where limited computing resources mean that only part of the system can be kept in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Yushan Gao , Thomas Blumensath

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) offers advantages over conventional fan-beam CT in that it requires a shorter time and less exposure to obtain images. CBCT has found a wide variety of applications in patient positioning for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-01 S. Kida , S. Kaji , K. Nawa , T. Imae , T. Nakamoto , S. Ozaki , T. Ohta , Y. Nozawa , K. Nakagawa

Since X-ray tomography is now widely adopted in many different areas, it becomes more crucial to find a robust routine of handling tomographic data to get quality reconstructed images. Though there are several existing techniques, it seems…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-12-17 Kyungtaek Jun , Seokhwan Yoon , Kyu Kwon

Medical imaging modalities have revolutionized health-care approaches by offering a better understanding of the human anatomy. Discovery of x-rays allowed the exploiting of the micro-scaled information of human anatomy. Computed tomography…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-09-18 Sanam Assili