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Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are two widely used clinical imaging modalities for non-invasive diagnosis. However, both of these modalities come with certain problems. CT uses harmful ionising radiation, and MRI suffers…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-03 Philipp Ernst , Soumick Chatterjee , Georg Rose , Oliver Speck , Andreas Nürnberger

Low Dose Computed Tomography suffers from a high amount of noise and/or undersampling artefacts in the reconstructed image. In the current article, a Deep Learning technique is exploited as a regularization term for the iterative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-04 Shabab Bazrafkan , Vincent Van Nieuwenhove , Joris Soons , Jan De Beenhouwer , Jan Sijbers

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

Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is widely used for intraoperative imaging due to its rapid acquisition and low radiation dose. However, CBCT images typically suffer from artifacts and lower visual quality compared to conventional…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-09 Maximilian Tschuchnig , Lukas Lamminger , Philipp Steininger , Michael Gadermayr

Despite the significant progress in image denoising, it is still challenging to restore fine-scale details while removing noise, especially in extremely low-light environments. Leveraging near-infrared (NIR) images to assist visible RGB…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Rongjian Xu , Zhilu Zhang , Renlong Wu , Wangmeng Zuo

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

Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) was developed based on Image-guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) and it is the trend of photon radiation therapy. To get a better use of Cone Beam CT (CBCT) images for ART, the CBCT system model was established…

Medical Physics · Physics 2014-08-21 Yu Wang , Chaobin Chen , Ruifen Cao , Liqin Hu , Bingbing Li

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) finds diverse applications in medicine. Ensuring high image quality in CBCT scans is essential for accurate diagnosis and treatment delivery. Yet, the susceptibility of CBCT images to noise and artifacts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Yunkui Pang , Yilin Liu , Xu Chen , Pew-Thian Yap , Jun Lian

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) typically requires hundreds of X-ray projections, which raises concerns about radiation exposure. While sparse-view reconstruction reduces the exposure by using fewer projections, it struggles to achieve…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-05 Meng-Xun Li , Jin-Gang Yu , Yuan Gao , Cui Huang , Gui-Song Xia

To shorten the door-to-puncture time for better treating patients with acute ischemic stroke, it is highly desired to obtain quantitative cerebral perfusion images using C-arm cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) equipped in the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-30 Haotian Zhao , Ruifeng Chen , Jing Yan , Juan Feng , Jun Xiang , Yang Chen , Dong Liang , Yinsheng Li

Limited-angle computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction is a challenging reconstruction problem in the fields of CT. With the development of deep learning, the generative adversarial network (GAN) perform well in image restoration by…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-03-12 Ziheng Li , Wenkun Zhang , Linyuan Wang , Ailong Cai , Ningning Liang , Bin Yan , Lei Li

During spinal fusion surgery, screws are placed close to critical nerves suggesting the need for highly accurate screw placement. Verifying screw placement on high-quality tomographic imaging is essential. C-arm Cone-beam CT (CBCT) provides…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Mareike Thies , Jan-Nico Zäch , Cong Gao , Russell Taylor , Nassir Navab , Andreas Maier , Mathias Unberath

Computer-Assisted Interventions enable clinicians to perform precise, minimally invasive procedures, often relying on advanced imaging methods. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) can be used to facilitate computer-assisted interventions,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Maximilian E. Tschuchnig , Philipp Steininger , Michael Gadermayr

Computed tomography (CT) reconstruction from X-ray projections acquired within a limited angle range is challenging, especially when the angle range is extremely small. Both analytical and iterative models need more projections for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-18 Ce Wang , Haimiao Zhang , Qian Li , Kun Shang , Yuanyuan Lyu , Bin Dong , S. Kevin Zhou

We introduce a new CT image reconstruction algorithm that is less affected by various artifacts. The new reconstruction algorithm is a method of minimizing the difference between synchrotron X-ray tomography data and sinograms generated…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-11-22 Byung Chun Kim , Hyunju Lee , Kyungtaek Jun

Image restoration is a challenging ill-posed problem which also has been a long-standing issue. In the past few years, the convolution neural networks (CNNs) almost dominated the computer vision and had achieved considerable success in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-18 Chi-Mao Fan , Tsung-Jung Liu , Kuan-Hsien Liu

Recent advances in computed tomography (CT) imaging, especially with dual-robot systems, have introduced new challenges for scan trajectory optimization. This paper presents a novel approach using Gated Recurrent Units (GRUs) to optimize CT…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Yuedong Yuan , Linda-Sophie Schneider , Andreas Maier

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…

A long-standing challenge in tomography is the 'missing wedge' problem, which arises when the acquisition of projection images within a certain angular range is restricted due to geometrical constraints. This incomplete dataset results in…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-26 Chonghang Zhao , Mingyuan Ge , Xiaogang Yang , Yong S. Chu , Hanfei Yan

We propose SinIR, an efficient reconstruction-based framework trained on a single natural image for general image manipulation, including super-resolution, editing, harmonization, paint-to-image, photo-realistic style transfer, and artistic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Jihyeong Yoo , Qifeng Chen