A binary image reconstruction technique for accurate determination of the shape and location of metal objects in x-ray computed tomography

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-414

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

and iterative image reconstruction; Computed tomography; gradient controlled penalty; metal artifacts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL STEPS; CT IMAGE; CT IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GRADIENT-CONTROLLED PENALTY; HIGH-DENSITY METAL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; IMAGE SPACE; INTENSITY LEVELS; ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW DENSITY; METAL ARTIFACTS; METALLIC OBJECTS; NORMAL TISSUE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; SUBMILLIMETERS; WATER PHANTOM; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METALS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

METAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METALS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650831685     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2010-0271     Document Type: Article

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