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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…

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Deep complex-valued neural networks (CVNNs) provide a powerful way to leverage complex number operations and representations and have succeeded in several phase-based applications. However, previous networks have not fully explored the…

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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…

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High density implants such as metals often lead to serious artifacts in the reconstructed CT images which hampers the accuracy of image based diagnosis and treatment planning. In this paper, we propose a novel wavelet frame based CT image…

Medical Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 Haimiao Zhang , Bin Dong , Baodong Liu

In computed tomography (CT), metal implants increase the inconsistencies between the measured data and the linear attenuation assumption made by analytic CT reconstruction algorithms. The inconsistencies give rise to dark and bright bands…

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Metal artifact correction is a challenging problem in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanning. Metal implants inserted into the anatomy cause severe artifacts in reconstructed images. Widely used inpainting-based metal artifact…

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Deep learning based solutions are being succesfully implemented for a wide variety of applications. Most notably, clinical use-cases have gained an increased interest and have been the main driver behind some of the cutting-edge data-driven…

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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…

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Deep learning has been successfully applied to low-dose CT (LDCT) image denoising for reducing potential radiation risk. However, the widely reported supervised LDCT denoising networks require a training set of paired images, which is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-09 Yuhui Ruan , Qiao Yuan , Chuang Niu , Chen Li , Yudong Yao , Ge Wang , Yueyang Teng

The application of ionizing radiation for diagnostic imaging is common around the globe. However, the process of imaging, itself, remains to be a relatively hazardous operation. Therefore, it is preferable to use as low a dose of ionizing…

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CT images corrupted by metal artifacts have serious negative effects on clinical diagnosis. Considering the difficulty of collecting paired data with ground truth in clinical settings, unsupervised methods for metal artifact reduction are…

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Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) is a promising solution for expediting the scanning process and mitigating radiation exposure to patients, the reconstructed images, however, contain severe streak artifacts, compromising subsequent…

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Objective: X-ray computed tomography employing sparse projection views has emerged as a contemporary technique to mitigate radiation dose. However, due to the inadequate number of projection views, an analytic reconstruction method…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Yoseob Han

Purpose: To introduce a dual-domain reconstruction network with V-Net and K-Net for accurate MR image reconstruction from undersampled k-space data. Methods: Most state-of-the-art reconstruction methods apply U-Net or cascaded U-Nets in…

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Limited-angle computed tomography (CT) is often used in clinical applications such as C-arm CT for interventional imaging. However, CT images from limited angles suffers from heavy artifacts due to incomplete projection data. Existing…

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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…

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In total hip arthroplasty, analysis of postoperative medical images is important to evaluate surgical outcome. Since Computed Tomography (CT) is most prevalent modality in orthopedic surgery, we aimed at the analysis of CT image. In this…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-28 Mitsuki Sakamoto , Yuta Hiasa , Yoshito Otake , Masaki Takao , Yuki Suzuki , Nobuhiko Sugano , Yoshinobu Sato

Dual-energy CT (DECT) has been increasingly used in imaging applications because of its capability for material differentiation. However, material decomposition suffers from magnified noise from two CT images of independent scans, leading…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-06-19 Wenkun Zhang , Hanming Zhang , Linyuan Wang , Xiaohui Wang , Ailong Cai , Lei Li , Tianye Niu , Bin Yan

In computer tomography, due to the presence of metal implants in the patient body, reconstructed images will suffer from metal artifacts. In order to reduce metal artifacts, metals are typically removed in projection images. Therefore, the…

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Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography (Q-OCT) is a non-classical equivalent of Optical Coherence Tomography and is able to provide a twofold axial resolution increase and immunity to resolution-degrading dispersion. The main drawback of…

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