Performance of approximate cone-beam reconstruction in multislice computed tomography

Herbert Bruder; Marc Kachelriess; Stefan Schaller; Thomas Mertelmeier

doi:10.1117/12.387715

6 June 2000 Performance of approximate cone-beam reconstruction in multislice computed tomography

Herbert Bruder, Marc Kachelriess, Stefan Schaller, Thomas Mertelmeier

Proceedings Volume 3979, Medical Imaging 2000: Image Processing; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387715
Event: Medical Imaging 2000, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A multitude of approximate cone-beam algorithms have been proposed suited for reconstruction of small cone angle CT data. The goal of this study is to identify a practical and efficient approximate cone-beam method, and to investigate its performance at medium cone angles associated to area detectors. Three different approximate algorithms for spiral cone-beam CT will be compared: the (pi) -method, the Multirow- Fourier-Reconstruction and the Advanced Single-Slice Rebinning method. These algorithms are different in the way how the two- dimensional detector images are filtered. In each view x-ray samples are identified which describe an approximation to a virtual reconstruction plane. The image quality of the respective reconstruction will be assessed with respect to image artifacts, the slice sensitivity profile, and the in- plane modulation transfer function. It turns out that the performance of approximate reconstruction improves as the virtual reconstruction plane better fits the spiral focus path. The Advanced Single-Slice Rebinning method using tilted reconstruction planes is a practical algorithm, providing image quality comparable to that of a single-row scanning system even with a 46 row detector at a table feed of 64 mm per rotation of the gantry.

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Herbert Bruder, Marc Kachelriess, Stefan Schaller, and Thomas Mertelmeier "Performance of approximate cone-beam reconstruction in multislice computed tomography", Proc. SPIE 3979, Medical Imaging 2000: Image Processing, (6 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387715

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