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Intraoperative Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) provides a reliable 3D anatomical context essential for interventional planning. However, its static nature fails to provide continuous monitoring of soft-tissue deformations induced by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Feng Li , Ziyuan Li , Zhongliang Jiang , Nassir Navab , Yuan Bi

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) using only a few X-ray projection views enables faster scans with lower radiation dose, but the resulting severe under-sampling causes strong artifacts and poor spatial coverage. We address these…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-25 Minmin Yang , Huantao Ren , Senem Velipasalar

Improving the spatial resolution of CT images is a meaningful yet challenging task, often accompanied by the issue of noise amplification. This article introduces an innovative framework for noise-controlled CT super-resolution utilizing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Yuang Wang , Siyeop Yoon , Rui Hu , Baihui Yu , Duhgoon Lee , Rajiv Gupta , Li Zhang , Zhiqiang Chen , Dufan Wu

Diffusion models have recently emerged as powerful priors for solving inverse problems. While computed tomography (CT) is theoretically a linear inverse problem, it poses many practical challenges. These include correlated noise, artifact…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Jiayang Shi , Daniel M. Pelt , K. Joost Batenburg

Purpose: Cone-beam CT (CBCT) plays an important role in image guided radiation therapy (IGRT). However, the large radiation dose from serial CBCT scans in most IGRT procedures raises a clinical concern, especially for pediatric patients who…

Medical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Xun Jia , Yifei Lou , Ruijiang Li , William Y. Song , Steve B. Jiang

This paper provides a fast and patient-specific scatter artifact correction method for cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) used in image-guided interventional procedures. Due to increased irradiated volume of interest in CBCT imaging,…

Medical Physics · Physics 2015-01-20 Wei Zhao , Stephen Brunner , Kai Niu , Sebastian Schafer , Kevin Royalty , Guang-Hong Chen

Sparse-view Computed Tomography (CT) image reconstruction is a promising approach to reduce radiation exposure, but it inevitably leads to image degradation. Although diffusion model-based approaches are computationally expensive and suffer…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Hanyu Chen , Zhixiu Hao , Lin Guo , Liying Xiao

Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) reduces radiation exposure by subsampling projection views, but conventional reconstruction methods produce severe streak artifacts with undersampled data. While deep-learning-based methods enable…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-15 Jixiang Chen , Yiqun Lin , Yi Qin , Hualiang Wang , Xiaomeng Li

Deep learning based approaches have been used to improve image quality in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), a medical imaging technique often used in applications such as image-guided radiation therapy, implant dentistry or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Mohammadreza Amirian , Daniel Barco , Ivo Herzig , Frank-Peter Schilling

Cone-beam CT (CBCT) is installed in the treatment room to facilitate online clinical applications, including image guidance in radiation and surgery. Half-fan and short-can are the commonly used modes in clinical applications to expand the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-05-24 Junbo Peng

Poor tissue visualization and quantitative accuracy in CBCT is a major barrier in expanding the role of CBCT imaging from target localization to quantitative treatment monitoring and plan adaptations in radiation therapy sessions. To…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-08-21 Farhang Bayat , Dan Ruan , Moyed Miften , Cem Altunbas

Recent advancements in deep learning for medical image segmentation are often limited by the scarcity of high-quality training data.While diffusion models provide a potential solution by generating synthetic images, their effectiveness in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Jianhao Xie , Ziang Zhang , Zhenyu Weng , Yuesheng Zhu , Guibo Luo

The clinical application of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is constrained by the inherent trade-off between radiation exposure and image quality. Ultra-sparse angular sampling, employed to reduce dose, introduces severe undersampling…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Junlin Wang , Jiancheng Fang , Peng Peng , Shaoyu Wang , Qiegen Liu

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computed Tomography (CT) are essential for diagnosing, staging, and monitoring various diseases, particularly cancer. Despite their importance, the use of PET/CT systems is limited by the necessity for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Dac Thai Nguyen , Trung Thanh Nguyen , Huu Tien Nguyen , Thanh Trung Nguyen , Huy Hieu Pham , Thanh Hung Nguyen , Thao Nguyen Truong , Phi Le Nguyen

We present MInDI-3D (Medical Inversion by Direct Iteration in 3D), the first 3D conditional diffusion-based model for real-world sparse-view Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) artefact removal, aiming to reduce imaging radiation exposure.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Daniel Barco , Marc Stadelmann , Martin Oswald , Ivo Herzig , Lukas Lichtensteiger , Pascal Paysan , Igor Peterlik , Michal Walczak , Bjoern Menze , Frank-Peter Schilling

Segmentation of brain structures from MRI is crucial for evaluating brain morphology, yet existing CNN and transformer-based methods struggle to delineate complex structures accurately. While current diffusion models have shown promise in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Qilong Xing , Zikai Song , Yuteng Ye , Yuke Chen , Youjia Zhang , Na Feng , Junqing Yu , Wei Yang

Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) reduces radiation exposure but suffers from image artifacts and loss of detail due to quantum and electronic noise, potentially impacting diagnostic accuracy. Transformer combined with diffusion models…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Qiqing Liu , Guoquan Wei , Zekun Zhou , Yiyang Wen , Liu Shi , Qiegen Liu

X-ray imaging dose from serial cone-beam CT (CBCT) scans raises a clinical concern in most image guided radiation therapy procedures. It is the goal of this paper to develop a fast GPU-based algorithm to reconstruct high quality CBCT images…

Medical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Xun Jia , Bin Dong , Yifei Lou , Steve B. Jiang

Non-contrast CT (NCCT) imaging may reduce image contrast and anatomical visibility, potentially increasing diagnostic uncertainty. In contrast, contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) facilitates the observation of regions of interest (ROI). Leading…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-18 Tingyi Lin , Pengju Lyu , Jie Zhang , Yuqing Wang , Cheng Wang , Jianjun Zhu

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is an important tool facilitating computer aided interventions, despite often suffering from artifacts that pose challenges for accurate interpretation. While the degraded image quality can affect…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-02 Maximilian E. Tschuchnig , Philipp Steininger , Michael Gadermayr