Micro-CT

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 185, Issue PART1, 2008, Pages 23-52

  Kachelrieß, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52049102020     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72718-7_2     Document Type: Article

References (92)

1. Axelsson C, Danielsson PE (1994) Three-dimensional reconstruction from cone-beam data in O(N3 log N) time. Phys Med Biol 39(3):477-491
2. Azevedo S, Schneberk D, Fitch P,Martz H (1990) Calculation of the rotational centers in computed tomography sinograms. IEEE Trans Nucl Science 37(4):1525-1540
3. Basu S, Bresler Y (2000) An O(N2\log2N) filtered backprojection reconstruction algorithm for tomography. IEEE Trans Image Process 9(10):1760-1773
4. Beekman FJ, Kamphuis C (2001) Ordered subset reconstruction for X-ray CT. Phys Med Biol. 46(7):1835-1844
5. Bresler Y, Brokish J (2003) Fast hierarchical backprojection for helical cone-beam tomography. In: ICIP 2003. Proc International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP-2003, Barcelona, Spain, pp 815-818
6. Bronnikov A (1999) Virtual alignment of X-ray cone-beam tomography system using two calibration aperture measurements. Opt Eng 38(2):381-386
7. Brooks, RA, Di Chiro G (1976a) Beam hardening in X-ray reconstructive tomography. Phys Med Biol 21(3):390-398
8. Brooks RA, Di Chiro G (1976b) Statistical limitations in X-ray reconstruction tomography. Med Phys 3:237-240
9. Coleman AJ, SinclairM (1985) A beam-hardening correction using dual-energy computed tomography. Phys Med Biol. 30(11):1251-1256
10. Colijn AP, Beekman FJ (2004) Accelerated simulation of cone beam X-ray scatter projections. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 23(5):584-590
11. Crawford CR, Gullberg GT, Tsui BM (1988) Reconstruction for fan beam with an angulardependent displaced center-of-rotation. Med Phys 15(1):67-71
12. De Man B, Nuyts J, Dupont P, Marchal G, Suetens P (2000) Reduction of metal streak artifacts in X-ray computed tomography using a transmission maximum a posteriori algorithm. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 47: 997-981
13. Erdogan H, Fessler JA (1999) Ordered subsets algorithms for transmission tomography. Phys Med Biol 44(11):2835-2851
14. Feldkamp LA, Davis LC, Kress JW (1984) Practical cone-beam algorithm. J Opt Soc Am A 1(6):612-619
15. Ford NL, Thornton MM, Holdsworth DW (;2003) Fundamental image quality limits for microcomputed tomography in small animals. Med Phys 30(11):2869-2877
16. Ford NL, Nikolov HN, Thornton MM, Foster PJ (2005) Prospective respiratory-gated micro-CT of free breathing rodents. Med Phys 32(9):2888-2898
17. Gkanatsios NA, Huda W (1997) Computation of energy imparted in diagnostic radiology. Med Phys 24(4):571-579
18. Glover GH, Pelc NJ (1981) An algorithm for the reduction of metal clip artifacts in CT reconstructions. Med Phys 8(6):799-807
19. Goodsitt M (1995) Beam hardening errors in post-processing DE-QCT. Med Phys 22(7): 1039-1047
20. Gullberg GT, Tsui BM, Crawford CR, Edgerton E (1987) Estimation of geometrical parameters for fan beam tomography. Phys Med Biol. 32(12):1581-1594
21. Gullberg GT, Tsui BM, Crawford CR, Ballard JG, Hagius JT (1990) Estimation of geometrical parameters and collimator evaluation for cone beam tomography. Med Phys 17(2):264-272
22. Herman GT (1978) Demonstration of beam hardening correction in computerized tomography of head cross-sections. Technical Report MIPG5. Medical Image Processing Group. State University of New York, Buffalo
23. Herman GT (1979a) Correction for beam hardening in computed tomography. Phys Med Biol 24(1):81-106
24. Herman GT (1979b) Demonstration of beam hardening correction in computed tomography of the head. J Comput Assist Tomogr 3(3):373-378
25. Herman GT, Trivedi S (1983) A comparative study of two postreconstruction beam hardening correction methods. IEEE Trans Med Imaging MI-2(3):128-135
26. Hounsfield GN (1973) Computerized transverse axial scanning (tomography). Part I. Description of system. Br J Radiol 46:1016
27. Hsieh J (1999) Three-dimensional artifact induced by projection weighting and misalignment. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 18(4):364-368
28. Hsieh J, Molthen RC, Dawson CA, Johnson RH (2000) An iterative approach to the beam hardening correction in cone beam CT. Med Phys 27(1):23-29
29. Hsieh J, Chao E, Thibault J, Grekowicz B, Horst A, McOlash S, Myers TJ (2004) A novel reconstruction algorithm to extend the CT scan field-of-view. Med Phys 31(9):2385-2391
30. IEEE (2004) Special issue on molecular imaging. IEEE Trans Medi Imaging 24(7)
31. Imamura K, Fujii M (1981) Empirical beam hardening correction in the measurement of vertebral bone mineral content by computed tomography. Radiology 138(1):223-226
32. Jackson DF, Hawkes DJ (1983) Energy dependence in the spectral factor approach to computed tomography. Phys Med Biol 28(3):289-293
33. Johns PC, Yaffe M (1982) Scattered radiation in fan beam imaging systems. Med Phys 9(2): 231-239
34. Joseph PM, Spital RD (1978) A method for correcting bone induced artifacts in computed tomography scanners. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2(1):100-108
35. Joseph PM, Spital RD (1982) The effects of scatter in X-ray computed tomography. Med Phys 9(4):464-472
36. Kachelrieß M, Kalender WA (1998) Electrocardiogram-correlated image reconstruction from subsecond spiral CT scans of the heart. Med Phys 25(12):2417-2431
37. Kachelrieß M, Kalender WA (2000a) Computertomograph mit reduzierter Dosisbelastung bzw. reduziertem Bildpunktrauschen. Deutsches Patent-und Markenamt. Patent Specification DE 198 53 143
38. Kachelrieß M, KalenderWA (2005b) Presampling, algorithm factors, and noise: considerations for CT in particular and for medical imaging in general. Med Phys 32(5):1321-1334
39. Kachelrieß M, Kalender WA (2005c) Optimizing detector size in X-ray CT imaging. In: Proceedings of the ICMP and the BMT 2005, Nuremberg. Schiele & Schon, Berlin, pp 1160-1161
40. Kachelrieß M, Ulzheimer S, Kalender WA (2000) ECG-correlated image reconstruction from subsecond multi-slice spiral CT scans of the heart. Med. Phys 27(8):1881-1902
41. Kachelrieß M, Watzke O, Kalender WA (2001) Generalized multi-dimensional adaptive filtering for conventional and spiral single-slice, multi-slice, and cone-beam CT. Med Phys 28(4): 475-490
42. Kachelrieß M, Sennst D-A, Maxlmoser W, Kalender WA (2002) Kymogram detection and kymogram-correlated image reconstruction from sub-second spiral computed tomography scans of the heart. Med Phys 29(7):1489-1503
43. Kachelrieß M, Berkus T, Kalender WA (2005) Quality of statistical reconstruction in medical CT. Records of the 2003 IEEE Medical Imaging Conference. M10-325 (April)
44. Kalender WA (2005) Computed tomography. Fundamentals, system technology, image quality, applications, 2nd edn. Publicis
45. Erlangen Kalender WA, Hebel R, Ebersberger J (1987) Reduction of CT artifacts caused by metallic implants. Radiology 164:576-577
46. Kalender WA, Seissler W, Klotz E, Vock P (1990) Spiral volumetric CT with single-breathhold technique, continuous transport, and continuous scanner rotation. Radiology 176(1):181-183
47. Kalender WA, Durkee B, Langner O, Stepina E, Karolczak M (2005) Comparative evaluation: acceptance testing and constancy testing for micro-CT scanners. In: Proceedings of the ICMP and the BMT 2005, Nuremberg. Schiele & Schon, Berlin, pp 1192-1193
48. Karolczak M, Kachelrieß M, Ott O, Engelke K, Kalender WA (2005) A high-speed micro-CT scanner with rotating gantry for in-vivo animal scanning. In: Proceedings of the ICMP and the BMT 2005, Nuremberg. Schiele & Schon, Berlin, pp 756-757
49. Kijewski PK, Bjarngard BE (1978) Correction for beam hardening in computed tomography. Med Phys 5(3):209-214
50. Krishnamurthi G, Stantz KM, Steinmetz R, Gattone VH, Cao M, Hutchins GD, Liang Y (2005) Functional imaging in small animals using X-ray computed tomography-study of physiologic measurement reproducibility. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 24(7):832-843
51. Lange K, Carson R (1984) EM reconstruction algorithms for emission and transmission tomography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 8(2):306-316
52. Lange K, Fessler JA (1995) Globally convergent algorithms for maximum a posteriori transmission tomography. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 4(10):1430-1438
53. Marquadt D (1963) An algorithm for least-squares estimation of nonlinear parameters. Soc Indust Appl Math 11:431-441
54. McDavidWD,Waggener RG, Payne WH, DennisMJ (1975) Spectral effects on three-dimensional reconstruction from rays. Med Phys 2(6):321-324
55. McDavid WD, Waggener RG, Payne WH, Dennis MJ (1977) Correction for spectral artifacts in cross-sectional reconstruction from X-rays. Med Phys 4(1):54-57
56. McLoughlin R, Rayan M, Heuston P, McCoy C, Masterson J (1991) Quantitative analysis of CT brain images: a statistical model incorporating partial volume and beam hardening effects. Br J Radiol 65:425-430
57. Meagher J, Mote C, Skinner H (1990) CT image correction for beam hardening using simulated projection data. IEEE Trans Nuclear Sci 37(4):1520-1524
58. Moseley DJ, Siewerdsen JH, Jaffray DA (2005) High-contrast object localization and removal in cone-beam CT. In: Flynn MJ (ed) Medical imaging 2005. Physics of medical imaging. Proc SPIE 5745:40-50
59. Nalcioglu O, Lou RY (1979) Post-reconstruction method for beam hardening in computerised tomography. Phys Med Biol 24(2):330-340
60. Ning R, Tang X, Conover D (2004) X-ray scatter correction algorithm for cone beam CT imaging. Med Phys 31(5):1195-1202
61. Noo F, Clackdoyle R,Mennessier C,White TA, Roney TJ (2000) Analytic method based on identification of ellipse parameters for scanner calibration in cone-beam tomography. Phys Med Biol 45(11):3489-3508
62. Ohnesorge B, Flohr T, Klingenbeck-Regn K (1999) Efficient object scatter correction algorithm for third and fourth generation CT scanners. Eur Radiol 9(3):563-569
63. Ohnesorge B, Flohr T, Schwarz K, Heiken JP, Bae KT (2000) Efficient correction for CT image artifacts caused by objects extending outside the scan field of view. Med Phys 27(1):39-46
64. Olson EA, Han K, Pisano DJ (1981) CT reprojection polychromacity correction for three attenuators. IEEE Trans Nuclear Sci 28(4):3628-3640
65. Rao PS, Alfidi RJ (1981) The environmental density artifact: a beam-hardening effect in computed tomography. Radiology 141(1):223-227
66. Reed I, Truong T, Kwoh Y, Chang C (1980) X-ray reconstructionof the spinal cord, using bone suppression. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng BME-27(6):293-298
67. Riess T (2002) Beitrage zur Entwicklung von Flachendetektoren in der Rontgen-Computertomographie. Berichte aus dem Institut fur Medizinische Physik. Bd 9. Shaker, Aachen
68. Robertson DD Jr, Huang HK (1986) Quantitative bone measurements using X-ray computed tomography with second-order correction. Med Phys 13(4):474-479
69. Rougee A, Picard C, Ponchut C, Trousset Y (1993a) Geometrical calibration of X-ray imaging chains for three-dimensional reconstruction. Comput Med Imaging Graph 17(4-5):295-300
70. Rougee A, Picard C, Trousset Y, Ponchut C (1993b) Geometrical calibration of 3D X-ray imaging. In: Kim Y (ed) Medical imaging 1993: image capture, formatting and display. Proc SPIE 1897:161-169
71. Ruegsegger P, Hangartner T, Keller HU, Hinderling T (1978) Standardization of computed tomography images by means of a material-selective beam hardening correction. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2(2):184-188
72. Ruhrnschopf EP, Kalender WA (1981) Artefakte durch nichtlineare Teilvolumen und Aufhartungseffekte bei der Computertomographie. electromedica 49:96-105
73. Ruth C, Joseph PM (1995) A comparison of beam-hardening artifacts in X-ray computerized tomography with gadolinium and iodine contrast agents. Med Phys 22(12):1977-1982
74. Schmidt B, Kalender WA (2002) A fast voxel-based Monte Carlo method for scanner-and patientspecific dose calculations in computed tomography. Physica Medica XVIII(2):43-53
75. Seibert JA, Boone JM (1988) X-ray scatter removal by deconvolution. Med Phys 15(4):567-575
76. Sekihara K, Kohno H, Yamamoto S (1982) Theoretical prediction of X-ray CT image quality using contrast-detail diagrams. IEEE Trans Nuclear Sci NS-26(6):2115-2121
77. Shepp LA, Logan BF (1974) The Fourier reconstruction of a head section. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci NS-21:21-43
78. Siewerdsen JH, Jaffray DA (2001) Cone-beam computed tomography with a flat-panel imager: magnitude and effects of X-ray scatter. Med Phys 28(2):220-231
79. Sijbers J, Postnov A (2004) Reduction of ring artefacts in high resolution micro-CT reconstructions. Phys Med Biol 49(14):247-253
80. Sourbelle K, Kachelrieß M, Karolczak M, Kalender WA (2004) Hybrid cupping correction (HCC) for quantitative cone-beam CT. In: RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting Program, p 293
81. Sourbelle K, Kachelriess M, Kalender WA (2005) Reconstruction from truncated projections in CT using adaptive detruncation. Eur Radiol 15(5):1008-1014
82. Sourbelle K, Kachelrieß M, Kalender WA (2006) Empirical water precorrection for cone-beam computed tomography. IEEE Medical Imaging ConferenceRecord, 2006 (in press)
83. Stevens GM, Saunders R, Pelc NJ (2001) Alignment of a volumetric tomography system. Med Phys 28(7):1472-1481
84. Stonestrom J, Alvarez R,Macovski A (1981) A framework for spectral artifact corrections in X-ray CT. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng BME-28(2):128-141
85. von Smekal L, Kachelrieß M, Stepina E, Kalender WA (2004) Geometric misalignment and calibration in cone-beam tomography. Med Phys 31(12):3242-3266
86. Wang G, Vannier MW, Cheng PC (1999) Iterative X-ray cone-beam tomography for metal artifact reduction and local region reconstruction. Microsc Microanal 5(1):58-65
87. Watzke O, Kalender WA (2004) A pragmatic approach to metal artifact reduction in CT: merging of metal artifact reduced images. Eur Radiol 14(5):849-856
88. Wiesent K, Barth K, Navab N, Brunner T, Seissler W (1999) Enhanced 3-D-reconstruction algorithm for C-arm systems based interventional procedures. Proc 1999 Int Meeting on Fully 3D Image Reconstruction, pp 167-170
89. Wiesent K, Barth K, Navab N, Durlak P, Brunner T, Schuetz O, Seissler W (2000) Enhanced 3-Dreconstruction algorithm for C-arm systems suitable for interventional procedures. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 19(5):391-403
90. Young SW, Muller HH, Marshall WH (1983) Computed tomography: beam hardening and environmental density artifact. Radiology 148(1):279-283
91. Zatz LM, Alvarez RE (1977) An inaccuracy in computed tomography: the energy dependence of CT values. Radiology 124(1):91-97
92. Zhao S, Robertson DD, Wang G, Whiting B, Bae KT (2000) X-ray CT metal artifact reduction using wavelets: an application for imaging total hip prostheses. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 19(12):1238-1247