Comparison of analytic and algebraic methods for motion-compensated cone-beam CT reconstruction of the thorax

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1513-1525

  Rit, Simon ^a   Sarrut, David ^b,c   Desbat, Laurent ^d  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; Motion compensation; Respiratory system; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC METHOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM; CONEBEAM CT RECONSTRUCTION; CT IMAGE; DATA SETS; FELDKAMP; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; MOTION ARTIFACT; PATIENT DATA; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; SIMULTANEOUS ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGEBRA; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOTION COMPENSATION; REPAIR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 70349855016     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.2008962     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. D. A. Jaffray, J. H. Siewerdsen, J. W. Wong, and A. A. Martinez, "Flat-panel cone-beam computed tomography for image-guided radiation therapy," Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., vol.53, no.5, pp. 1337-1349, 2002.
2. C. J. Ritchie, J. D. Godwin, C. R. Crawford, W. Stanford, H. Anno, and Y. Kim, "Minimum scan speeds for suppression of motion artifacts in CT," Radiology, vol.185, no.1, pp. 37-42, 1992.
3. G. T. Y. Chen, J. H. Kung, and K. P. Beaudette, "Artifacts in computed tomography scanning of moving objects," Semin. Radiat. Oncol., vol.14, no.1, pp. 19-26, 2004.
4. J.-J. Sonke, L. Zijp, P. Remeijer, and M. van Herk, "Respiratory correlated cone beam CT," Med. Phys., vol.32, no.4, pp. 1176-1186, 2005.
5. S. Kriminski, M. Mitschke, S. Sorensen, N. M. Wink, P. E. Chow, S. Tenn, and T. D. Solberg, "Respiratory correlated cone-beam computed tomography on an isocentric C-arm," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.50, no.22, pp. 5263-5280, 2005.
6. L. Dietrich, S. Jetter, T. Tücking, S. Nill, and U. Oelfke, "Linac-in-tegrated 4-D cone beam CT: First experimental results," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.51, no.11, pp. 2939-2952, 2006.
7. T. Li, L. Xing, P. Munro, C. McGuinness, M. Chao, Y. Yang, B. Loo, and A. Koong, "Four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography using an on-board imager," Med. Phys., vol.33, no.10, pp. 3825-3833, 2006.
8. M. van Herk, L. Zijp, P. Remeijer, J. Wolthaus, and J.-J. Sonke, "Online 4-D cone beam CT for daily correction of lung tumour position during hypofractionated radiotherapy," in Int. Conf. Use Comput. Radiation Therapy (ICCR), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2007.
9. S. Rit, D. Sarrut, and S. Miguet, "Gated cone-beam CT imaging of the thorax: A reconstruction study," in SPIE Med. Imag., San Diego, CA, 2007, vol.6510, p. 651022.
10. D. Sarrut, V. Boldea, S. Miguet, and C. Ginestet, "Simulation of four-dimensional CT images from deformable registration between inhale and exhale breath-hold CT scans," Med. Phys., vol.33, no.3, pp. 605-617, 2006.
11. C. Blondel, R. Vaillant, G. Malandain, and N. Ayache, "3-D tomo-graphic reconstruction of coronary arteries using a precomputed 4-D motion field," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.49, no.11, pp. 2197-2208, 2004.
12. C. Blondel, G. Malandain, R. Vaillant, and N. Ayache, "Reconstruction of coronary arteries from a single rotational X-ray projection sequence," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.25, no.5, pp. 653-663, May 2006.
13. R. Zeng, J. A. Fessler, and J. M. Balter, "Respiratory motion estimation from slowly rotating X-ray projections: Theory and simulation," Med. Phys., vol.32, no.4, pp. 984-991, 2005.
14. R. Zeng, J. A. Fessler, and J. M. Balter, "Estimating 3-D respiratory motion from orbiting views by tomographic image registration," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.26, no.2, pp. 153-163, Feb. 2007. (Pubitemid 46362760)
15. A. Schweikard, H. Shiomi, and J. Adler, "Respiration tracking in radio-surgery without fiducials," Int. J. Med. Robot., vol.1, no.2, pp. 19-27, 2005.
16. M. Reyes, G. Malandain, P. M. Koulibaly, M. A. Gonzàlez-Ballester, and J. Darcourt, "Model-based respiratory motion compensation for emission tomography image reconstruction," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.52, no.12, pp. 3579-3600, 2007.
17. C. R. Crawford, K. F. King, C. J. Ritchie, and J. D. Godwin, "Respiratory compensation in projection imaging using a magnification and displacement model," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.15, no.3, pp. 327-332, Jun. 1996.
18. S. Roux, L. Desbat, A. Koenig, and P. Grangeat, "Exact reconstruction in 2-D dynamic CT: Compensation of time-dependent affine deformations," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.49, no.11, pp. 2169-2182, 2004.
19. L. Desbat, S. Roux, and P. Grangeat, "Compensation of some time dependent deformations in tomography," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.26, no.2, pp. 261-269, Feb. 2007.
20. P. Grangeat, A. Koenig, T. Rodet, and S. Bonnet, "Theoretical framework for a dynamic cone-beam reconstruction algorithm based on a dynamic particle model," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.47, no.15, pp. 2611-2625, 2002.
21. T. Li, E. Schreibmann, Y. Yang, and L. Xing, "Motion correction for improved target localization with on-board cone-beam computed tomography," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.51, no.2, pp. 253-267, 2006.
22. C. J. Ritchie, C. R. Crawford, J. D. Godwin, K. F. King, and Y. Kim, "Correction of computed tomography motion artifacts using pixel-specific back-projection," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.15, no.3, pp. 333-342, Jun. 1996.
23. K. Taguchi and H. Kudo, "Motion compensated fan-beam reconstruction for nonrigid transformation," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.27, no.7, pp. 907-917, Jul. 2008.
24. L. A. Feldkamp, L. C. Davis, and J. W. Kress, "Practical cone-beam algorithm," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol.1, no.6, pp. 612-619, 1984.
25. B. Ohnesorge, T. Flohr, K. Schwarz, J. P. Heiken, and K. T. Bae, "Efficient correction for CT image artifacts caused by objects extending outside the scan field of view," Med. Phys., vol.27, no.1, pp. 39-46, 2000.
26. A. H. Andersen and A. C. Kak, "Simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART): A superior implementation of the art algorithm," Ultrason. Imag., vol.6, no.1, pp. 81-94, 1984.
27. R. Gordon, R. Bender, and G. T. Herman, "Algebraic reconstruction techniques (ART) for three-dimensional electron microscopy and X-ray photography," J. Theor. Biol., vol.29, no.3, pp. 471-481, 1970.
28. M. Jiang and G. Wang, "Convergence of the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART)," IEEE Trans. Image Process., vol.12, no.8, pp. 957-961, Aug. 2003.
29. K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J. F. Cornhill, "The weighted-distance scheme: A globally optimizing projection ordering method for ART," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.16, no.2, pp. 223-230, Apr. 1997.
30. P. M. Joseph, "An improved algorithm for reprojecting rays through pixel images," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.1, no.3, pp. 192-196, Nov. 1982.
31. B. De Man and S. Basu, "Distance-driven projection and backpro-jection in three dimensions," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.49, no.11, pp. 2463-2475, 2004.
32. F. Xu and K. Mueller, "A comparative study of popular interpolation and integration methods for use in computed tomography," in IEEE Int. Symp. Biomed. Imag. (ISBI), Apr. 2006, pp. 1252-1255.
33. R. L.Siddon, "Fast calculationof the exact radiological path for athree-dimensional CT array," Med. Phys., vol.12, no.2, pp. 252-255, 1985.
34. P. G. Lacroute, "Fast volume rendering using a shear-warp factorization of the viewing transformation" Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, 1995 [Online]. Available: http://www-graphics.stanford. edu/papers/lacroute-thesis/
35. C. Riddell and Y. Trousset, "Rectification for cone-beam projection and backprojection," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.25, no.7, pp. 950-962, Jul. 2006.
36. H. Kunze, K. Stierstorfer, and W.Härer, "Pre-processing of projections for iterative reconstruction," inFully 3-D Image Reconstruction Radiol. Nucl. Med. Conf., Salt Lake City, UT, 2005, pp. 84-87.
37. W. Zbijewski and F. J. Beekman, "Comparison of methods for suppressing edge and aliasing artefacts in iterative X-ray CT reconstruction," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.51, no.7, pp. 1877-1889, 2006.
38. M. Jiang and G. Wang, "Convergence studies on iterative algorithms for image reconstruction," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.22, no.5, pp. 569-579, May 2003.
39. B. Zhang and G. L. Zeng, "Two-dimensional iterative region-of-in-terest (ROI) reconstruction from truncated projection data.," Med. Phys., vol.34, no.3, pp. 935-944, 2007.
40. F. Lamare, T. Cresson, J. Savean, C. Cheze Le Rest, A. J. Reader, and D. Visvikis, "Respiratory motion correction for PET oncology applications using affine transformation of list mode data," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.52, no.1, pp. 121-140, 2007.
41. S. Rit and D. Sarrut, "Cone-beam projection of a deformable volume for motion compensated algebraic reconstruction," in Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., Lyon, France, 2007, vol.2007, pp. 6544-6547.
42. G. Wolberg, Digital Image Warping. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Soc. Press, 1990.
43. V. Boldea, D. Sarrut, and S.Clippe, "Lung deformation estimation with non-rigid registration for radiotherapy treatment," in Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Montréal, QC, Canada, 2003, vol.2878, pp. 770-777.
44. V. Boldea, G. C. Sharp, S. B. Jiang, and D. Sarrut, "4-D-CT lung motion estimation with deformable registration: Quantification of motion nonlinearity and hysteresis," Med. Phys., vol.35, no.3, pp. 1008-1018, 2008.
45. Y. Seppenwoolde, H. Shirato, K. Kitamura, S. Shimizu, M. van Herk, J. V. Lebesque, and K. Miyasaka, "Precise and real-time measurement of 3-D tumor motion in lung due to breathing and heartbeat, measured during radiotherapy," Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., vol.53, no.4, pp. 822-834, 2002.
46. V. Boldea, "Intégration de la Respiration en Radiothérapie: Apport du Recalage Déformable D?images" Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, 2006 [Online]. Available: http://liris.cnrs.fr/publis/?id=2959
47. J.-J. Sonke, J. Lebesque, and M. van Herk, "Variability of four-dimensional computed tomography patient models," Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., vol.70, no.2, pp. 590-598, 2008.
48. G. D. Hugo, J. Liang, J. Campbell, and D. Yan, "On-line target position localization in the presence of respiration: A comparison of two methods," Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., vol.69, no.5, pp. 1634-1641, 2007.
49. J. Vandemeulebroucke, E. Vansteenkiste, and W. Philips, "A multi-modal 2-D/3-D registration scheme for preterm brain images," in Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., 2006, vol.1, pp. 3341-3344.
50. S.Rit, D.Sarrut, and C. Ginestet, "Respiratory signal extraction for 4-D CT imaging of the thorax from cone-beam CT projections," in Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Palm Springs, 2005, vol.3749, pp. 556-563.
51. A. E. Lujan, E. W. Larsen, J. M. Balter, and R. K. Ten Haken, "A method for incorporating organ motion due to breathing into 3-D dose calculations," Med. Phys., vol.26, no.5, pp. 715-720, 1999.
52. J. Vandemeulebroucke, D. Sarrut, and P. Clarysse, "Point-validated pixel-based breathing thorax model," in Int. Conf. Use Computers Radiation Therapy (ICCR), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2007 [Online]. Available: http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/rio/popi-model
53. K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J. J. Wheller, "Anti-aliased three-dimensional cone-beam reconstruction of low-contrast objects with algebraic methods," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.18, no.6, pp. 519-537, Jun. 1999. (Pubitemid 30507530)
54. D. Sarrut, B. Delhay, P.-F. Villard, V. Boldea, M. Beuve, and P. Clarysse, "A comparison framework for breathing motion estimation methods from 4-D imaging," IEEE Trans. Med. Imag., vol.26, no.12, pp. 1636-1648, Dec. 2007.
55. S. Rit, "Prise en Compte du Mouvement Respiratoire Pour la Reconstruction D?images Tomodensitométriques" Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France, 2007 [Online]. Available: http://liris. cnrs.fr/publis/?id=3354
56. D. Rey, G. Subsol, H. Delingette, and N. Ayache, "Automatic detection and segmentation of evolving processes in 3-D medical images: Application to multiple sclerosis," Med. Image Anal., vol.6, no.2, pp. 163-179, 2002.
57. S. Rit, J. Wolthaus, M. van Herk, and J.-J. Sonke, "On-the-fly motion-compensated cone-beam CT using an a priori motion model," in Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), New York, 2008, vol.5241, pp. 729-736.
58. D. Yan, F. Vicini, J. Wong, and A. Martinez, "Adaptive radiation therapy," Phys. Med. Biol., vol.42, no.1, pp. 123-132, 1997.
59. T. Li, A. Koong, and L. Xing, "Enhanced 4-D cone-beam CT with inter-phase motion model," Med. Phys., vol.34, no.9, pp. 3688-3695, 2007.
60. R. Lin, E. Wilson, J. Tang, D. Stoianovici, and K. Cleary, "A computer-controlled pump and realistic, anthropomorphic respiratory phantom for validating image-guided systems," in SPIE Med.Imag., 2007, vol.6509, p. 65090E.