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Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is an imaging modality widely used in head and neck diagnostics due to its accessibility and lower radiation dose. However, its relatively long acquisition times make it susceptible to patient motion,…

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…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-03 Chenglong Ma , Zilong Li , Junping Zhang , Yi Zhang , Hongming Shan

Dose reduction in computed tomography (CT) is essential for decreasing radiation risk in clinical applications. Iterative reconstruction is one of the most promising ways to compensate for the increased noise due to reduction of photon…

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Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of head Computed Tomography (CT) images elucidates the intricate spatial relationships of tissue structures, thereby assisting in accurate diagnosis. Nonetheless, securing an optimal head CT scan…

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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…

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Low-dose CT (LDCT) imaging attracted a considerable interest for the reduction of the object's exposure to X-ray radiation. In recent years, supervised deep learning (DL) has been extensively studied for LDCT image reconstruction, which…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-06 Qiaoqiao Ding , Hui Ji , Yuhui Quan , Xiaoqun Zhang

Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (CRNN) is a popular network for recognizing texts in images. Advances like the variant of CRNN, such as Dense Convolutional Network with Connectionist Temporal Classification, has reduced the running…

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A major challenge in computed tomography is reconstructing objects from incomplete data. An increasingly popular solution for these problems is to incorporate deep learning models into reconstruction algorithms. This study introduces a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Knut Salomonsson , Eric Oldgren , Emanuel Ström , Ozan Öktem

As Computed Tomography (CT) scans are an essential medical test, many techniques have been proposed to reconstruct high-quality images using a smaller amount of radiation. One approach is to employ algebraic factorization methods to…

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X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is one of the most important diagnostic imaging techniques in clinical applications. Sparse-view CT imaging reduces the number of projection views to a lower radiation dose and alleviates the potential risk of…

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Object detection and recognition algorithms using deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) tend to be computationally intensive to implement. This presents a particular challenge for embedded systems, such as mobile robots, where the…

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In this paper, we introduce a simple, yet powerful pipeline for medical image segmentation that combines Fully Convolutional Networks (FCNs) with Fully Convolutional Residual Networks (FC-ResNets). We propose and examine a design that takes…

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This paper strives to generate a synthetic computed tomography (CT) image from a magnetic resonance (MR) image. The synthetic CT image is valuable for radiotherapy planning when only an MR image is available. Recent approaches have made…

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Dynamic convolution achieves better performance for efficient CNNs at the cost of negligible FLOPs increase. However, the performance increase can not match the significantly expanded number of parameters, which is the main bottleneck in…

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In this paper we present a fast and efficient method for the reconstruction of Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) from severely under-sampled data. From the Compressed Sensing theory we have mathematically modeled the problem as a constrained…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-12-01 Damiana Lazzaro , Elena Loli Piccolomini , Fabiana Zama

Learned image compression (LIC) has recently made significant progress, surpassing traditional methods. However, most LIC approaches operate mainly in the spatial domain and lack mechanisms for reducing frequency-domain correlations. To…

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While filtered back projection (FBP) is still the method of choice for fast tomographic reconstruction, its performance degrades noticeably in the presence of noise, incomplete sampling, or non-standard scan geometries. We propose a…

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