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Metal artifact reduction in X-ray CT imaging based on iterative reconstruction approach

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a non-destructive technique useful for visualization of the internal structure of objects and is a power diagnosis tool in the field of biomedical engineering. However, due to the presence of high attenuating objects like metals, the reconstructions produced by typical CT reconstruction algorithm i.e. Filtered Back Projection (FBP) are heavily affected by the metal artifacts. Due to these artifacts, the interpretation of CT images is highly compromised. In this article, a metal artifact reduction approach based on iterative reconstruction is presented and demonstrated by an experiment using a specially designed biomedical specimen consisting of muscles, bones and metals. The basic concept is to remove the inaccurate metal artifacts pixels in the original CT image iteratively and then exactly reconstruct the soft-tissue using the forward projections with no metal information. During the reconstruction, artifacts are reduced by replacing the metal projection using the forward projection. The presented work is of interest for CT biomedical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2420-2425
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479970964
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Sep 2015
Event12th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015 - Beijing, China
Duration: 2 Aug 20155 Aug 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period2/08/155/08/15

Keywords

  • Computed Tomography
  • forward-projection
  • image segmentation
  • iterative reconstruction
  • metal artifacts

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