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Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been widely used in medical imaging and industrial nondestructive testing, but the presence of scattered radiation will cause significant reduction of image quality. In this article, a robust scatter…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 Kuidong Huang , Zhe Xu , Dinghua Zhang , Hua Zhang , Wenlong Shi

Hyperspectral (HS) images contain detailed spectral information that has proven crucial in applications like remote sensing, surveillance, and astronomy. However, because of hardware limitations of HS cameras, the captured images have low…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-15 Marija Vella , Bowen Zhang , Wei Chen , João F. C. Mota

This paper newly introduces multi-modality loss function for GAN-based super-resolution that can maintain image structure and intensity on unpaired training dataset of clinical CT and micro CT volumes. Precise non-invasive diagnosis of lung…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-08 Tong Zheng , Hirohisa Oda , Takayasu Moriya , Shota Nakamura , Masahiro Oda , Masaki Mori , Horitsugu Takabatake , Hiroshi Natori , Kensaku Mori

Histopathology plays a pivotal role in medical diagnostics. In contrast to preparing permanent sections for histopathology, a time-consuming process, preparing frozen sections is significantly faster and can be performed during surgery,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-18 Elad Yoshai , Gil Goldinger , Miki Haifler , Natan T. Shaked

Numerous dual-energy CT (DECT) techniques have been developed in the past few decades. Dual-energy CT (DECT) statistical iterative reconstruction (SIR) has demonstrated its potential for reducing noise and increasing accuracy. Our lab…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-02 Tao Ge , Maria Medrano , Rui Liao , David G. Politte , Jeffrey F. Williamson , Bruce R. Whiting , Joseph A. O'Sullivan

Deep learning methods, in particular, trained Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) have recently been shown to produce compelling results for single image Super-Resolution (SR). Invariably, a CNN is learned to map the Low Resolution (LR)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Tiantong Guo , Hojjat S. Mousavi , Vishal Monga

Fourier ptychography has attracted a wide range of focus for its ability of large space-bandwidth-produce, and quantative phase measurement. It is a typical computational imaging technique which refers to optimizing both the imaging…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-08 Guocheng Zhou , Shaohui Zhang , Yao Hu , Lei Cao , Yong Huang , Qun Hao

Computed tomography (CT) is a widely used non-invasive medical imaging technique for disease diagnosis. The diagnostic accuracy is often affected by image resolution, which can be insufficient in practice. For medical CT images, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Jiayang Shi , Daniel M. Pelt , K. Joost Batenburg

Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound provides enhanced visualization of the carotid artery (CA) anatomy and volumetric flow, offering improved accuracy for cardiovascular diagnosis and monitoring. However, fully populated matrix transducers…

Traditional model-based image reconstruction (MBIR) methods combine forward and noise models with simple object priors. Recent application of deep learning methods for image reconstruction provides a successful data-driven approach to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-20 Ling Chen , Zhishen Huang , Yong Long , Saiprasad Ravishankar

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems, with their flexibility, present a promising avenue for direct point-of-care medical imaging, particularly in critical scenarios such as acute stroke assessment. However, the integration of CBCT…

Super-resolution is widely used in medical imaging to enhance low-quality data, reducing scan time and improving abnormality detection. Conventional super-resolution approaches typically rely on paired datasets of downsampled and original…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Xiaoyi Wen , Fei Jiang

Traditional model-based image reconstruction (MBIR) methods combine forward and noise models with simple object priors. Recent application of deep learning methods for image reconstruction provides a successful data-driven approach to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-22 Ling Chen , Zhishen Huang , Yong Long , Saiprasad Ravishankar

Purpose: This study proposes a systematic method for determining the optimal x-ray tube settings/energy windows and fluence for minimal noise and maximum CNR in material density images obtained from DECT scans by fixing the subject size and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-08-02 Fatma Terzioglu , Emil Y. Sidky , Jp Phillips , Ingrid Reiser , Guillaume Bal , Xiaochuan Pan

Real-time cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) provides instantaneous visualization of patient anatomy for image guidance, motion tracking, and online treatment adaptation in radiotherapy. While many real-time imaging and motion tracking…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-09-27 Hua-Chieh Shao , Tielige Mengke , Tinsu Pan , You Zhang

The recent application of Fourier Based Iterative Reconstruction Method (FIRM) has made it possible to achieve high-quality 2D images from a fan beam Computed Tomography (CT) scan with a limited number of projections in a fast manner. The…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-24 N. Teyfouri , H. Rabbani , R. Kafieh , Iraj Jabbari

We present a new two-snapshot structured light illumination (SLI) reconstruction algorithm for fast image acquisition. The new algorithm, which only requires two mutually {\pi} phase-shifted raw structured images, is implemented on a…

Optics · Physics 2017-10-25 Yunlong Meng , Wei Lin , Chenglin Li , Shih-chi Chen

Magnetic resonance image (MRI) in high spatial resolution provides detailed anatomical information and is often necessary for accurate quantitative analysis. However, high spatial resolution typically comes at the expense of longer scan…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-30 Yuhua Chen , Yibin Xie , Zhengwei Zhou , Feng Shi , Anthony G. Christodoulou , Debiao Li

Recently, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images have limited and unsatisfactory resolutions due to various constraints such as physical, technological and economic considerations. Super-resolution techniques can obtain high-resolution…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-14 Yinghua Li , Bin Song , Jie Guo , Xiaojiang Du , Mohsen Guizani

To improve the spatial resolution of power Doppler (PD) imaging, we explored null subtraction imaging (NSI) as an alternative beamforming technique to delay-and-sum (DAS). NSI is a nonlinear beamforming approach that uses three different…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-04 Zhengchang Kou , Matthew Lowerison , Qi You , Yike Wang , Pengfei Song , Michael L. Oelze