Prior-knowledge-based optimization approaches for CT metal artifact reduction
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The steak artifacts caused by metal implants have long been recognized as a problem that limits various applications of computed tomography (CT). This type of artifacts typically occurs from metallic implants like dental fillings, hip prostheses, implanted marker bins and branchy-therapy seeds. The artifacts not only blur the CT images and lead to inaccuracies in diagnosis, but also make delineation of anatomical structures intractable, which is important in image-guided intervention procedures. This dissertation focuses on utilizing prior knowledge wisely to reconstruct artifact-reduced high-quality images. Several optimization approaches that integrate prior knowledge in both image and projection spaces are proposed. First, we propose a constrained optimization model that features an anisotropically penalized smoothness objective function, subject to a data tolerance constraint and an image non-negativity constraint. Numerical examples and experimental examples are presented to demonstrate that the algorithm is capable of significantly reducing metal streak artifacts, suppressing noise and preserving edge structures. Second, a sequentially reweighted TV minimization algorithm is proposed to fully exploit the sparseness of image gradient (IG). This approach, by altering a single parameter in the weighting function, flexibly controls the sparsity of IG and reconstructs artifacts-free images in a two-stage process: binary reconstruction and background reconstruction. It is therefore a systematic approach that first identifies metal traces from projection space and then reconstructs metal-free image based on metal-trace-removed projection data. Finally, we propose a projection in-painting method that takes advantage of the piece-wise smoothness of projection data. A penalized-least-squares (PLS) model is used to obtain a smoothed projection image that realistically represents the ideal noise-free projection. Experimental phantom studies and clinical examples are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed in-painting algorithm.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Zhang, Xiaomeng | |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering. | |
| Primary advisor | Xing, Lei | |
| Thesis advisor | Xing, Lei | |
| Thesis advisor | Pauly, John (John M.) | |
| Thesis advisor | Ye, Yinyu | |
| Advisor | Pauly, John (John M.) | |
| Advisor | Ye, Yinyu |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Xiaomeng Zhang. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2013. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2013 by Xiaomeng Zhang
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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