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Computed tomography (CT) relies on precise patient immobilization during image acquisition. Nevertheless, motion artifacts in the reconstructed images can persist. Motion compensation methods aim to correct such artifacts post-acquisition,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-30 Mareike Thies , Fabian Wagner , Noah Maul , Siyuan Mei , Mingxuan Gu , Laura Pfaff , Nastassia Vysotskaya , Haijun Yu , Andreas Maier

We propose the quasi-Monte Carlo method for linear combination of unitaries via classical post-processing (LCU-CPP) on quantum applications. The LCU-CPP framework has been proposed as an approach to reduce hardware resources, expressing a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Yuya Kawamata , Kosuke Mitarai , Keisuke Fujii

Quantitative photoacoustic tomography aims at estimating optical parameters from photoacoustic images that are formed utilizing the photoacoustic effect caused by the absorption of an externally introduced light pulse. This optical…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-10-02 Aleksi Leino , Tuomas Lunttila , Meghdoot Mozumder , Aki Pulkkinen , Tanja Tarvainen

Purpose: We have been investigating 2D antiscatter grids (2D ASG) to reduce scatter fluence and improve image quality in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). In this work, two different aspects of 2D ASGs, their scatter rejection and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Yeonok Park , Timur Alexeev , Brian Miller , Moyed Miften , Cem Altunbas

Microscopic processes on surfaces such as adsorption, desorption, diffusion and reaction of interacting particles can be simulated using kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) algorithms. Even though kMC methods are accurate, they are computationally…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-24 Yannis Pantazis , Markos Katsoulakis

Computed Tomography (CT) technology reduces radiation haz-ards to the human body through sparse sampling, but fewer sampling angles pose challenges for image reconstruction. Score-based generative models are widely used in sparse-view CT…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-22 Junyan Zhang , Mengxiao Geng , Pinhuang Tan , Yi Liu , Zhili Liu , Bin Huang , Qiegen Liu

We describe a new method of 3D image reconstruction of neutron sources that emit correlated gammas (e.g. Cf-252, Am-Be). This category includes a vast majority of neutron sources important in nuclear threat search, safeguards and…

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The low-density imaging performance of a zone plate based nano-resolution hard X-ray computed tomography (CT) system can be significantly improved by incorporating a grating-based Lau interferometer. Due to the diffraction, however, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-16 Xuebao Cai , Yuhang Tan , Ting Su , Dong Liang , Hairong Zheng , Jinyou Xu , Peiping Zhu , Yongshuai Ge

As the medical usage of computed tomography (CT) continues to grow, the radiation dose should remain at a low level to reduce the health risks. Therefore, there is an increasing need for algorithms that can reconstruct high-quality images…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-10 Davood Karimi , Rabab K. Ward

Imaging an object embedded within a scattering medium requires the correction of complex sample-induced wave distortions. Existing approaches have been designed to resolve them by optimizing signal waves recorded in each 2D image. Here, we…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-17 Ye-Ryoung Lee , Dong-Young Kim , Yonghyeon Jo , Moonseok Kim , Wonshik Choi

Computational tools for characterizing electromagnetic scattering from objects with uncertain shapes are needed in various applications ranging from remote sensing at microwave frequencies to Raman spectroscopy at optical frequencies.…

Monte Carlo (MC) and Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are classical approaches for the numerical integration of functions $f$ over $[0,1]^d$. While QMC methods can achieve faster convergence rates than MC in moderate dimensions, their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Jiaheng Chen , Haotian Jiang , Nathan Kirk

Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods represent a powerful family of computational techniques for tackling complex quantum many-body problems and performing calculations of stationary state properties. QMC is among the most accurate and…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-08 Alfonso Annarelli , Dario Alfè , Andrea Zen

Diagnostic stroke imaging with C-arm cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) enables reduction of time-to-therapy for endovascular procedures. However, the prolonged acquisition time compared to helical CT increases the likelihood of rigid…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-02 Alexander Preuhs , Michael Manhart , Philipp Roser , Bernhard Stimpel , Christopher Syben , Marios Psychogios , Markus Kowarschik , Andreas Maier

Segmenting anatomical structures in medical images has been successfully addressed with deep learning methods for a range of applications. However, this success is heavily dependent on the quality of the image that is being segmented. A…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-06 Ilkay Oksuz , James R. Clough , Bram Ruijsink , Esther Puyol Anton , Aurelien Bustin , Gastao Cruz , Claudia Prieto , Andrew P. King , Julia A. Schnabel

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is widely used for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). It provides real time visualization at low cost and dose. However, photon scattering and beam hindrance cause artifacts in CBCT. These include…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Alzahra Altalib , Chunhui Li , Alessandro Perelli

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is widely used in dentistry for diagnostics and treatment planning. CBCT Imaging has a long acquisition time and consequently, the patient is likely to move. This motion causes significant artifacts in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Abdul Salam Rasmi Asraf Ali , Andrea Fusiello , Claudio Landi , Cristina Sarti , Anneke Annassia Putri Siswadi

Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM) is a promising computational imaging technique with high resolution, wide field-of-view (FOV) and quantitative phase recovery. So far, a series of system errors that may corrupt the image quality of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-29 An Pan , Aiye Wang , Junfu Zheng , Yuting Gao , Caiwen Ma , Baoli Yao

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a widely used 3D imaging technique in dentistry, offering high-resolution images while minimising radiation exposure for patients. However, CBCT is highly susceptible to artefacts arising from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Susanne Schaub , Florentin Bieder , Matheus L. Oliveira , Yulan Wang , Dorothea Dagassan-Berndt , Michael M. Bornstein , Philippe C. Cattin

This paper applies the recent fast iterative neural network framework, Momentum-Net, using appropriate models to low-dose X-ray computed tomography (LDCT) image reconstruction. At each layer of the proposed Momentum-Net, the model-based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-10 Siqi Ye , Yong Long , Il Yong Chun
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