Library-based scatter correction for dedicated cone beam breast CT: a feasibility study

Linxi Shi; Srinivasan Vedantham; Andrew Karellas; Lei Zhu

doi:10.1117/12.2217327

5 April 2016 Library-based scatter correction for dedicated cone beam breast CT: a feasibility study

Linxi Shi, Srinivasan Vedantham, Andrew Karellas, Lei Zhu

Proceedings Volume 9783, Medical Imaging 2016: Physics of Medical Imaging; 978330 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217327
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Purpose: Scatter errors are detrimental to cone-beam breast CT (CBBCT) accuracy and obscure the visibility of calcifications and soft-tissue lesions. In this work, we propose practical yet effective scatter correction for CBBCT using a library-based method and investigate its feasibility via small-group patient studies. Method: Based on a simplified breast model with varying breast sizes, we generate a scatter library using Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation. Breasts are approximated as semi-ellipsoids with homogeneous glandular/adipose tissue mixture. On each patient CBBCT projection dataset, an initial estimate of scatter distribution is selected from the pre-computed scatter library by measuring the corresponding breast size on raw projections and the glandular fraction on a first-pass CBBCT reconstruction. Then the selected scatter distribution is modified by estimating the spatial translation of the breast between MC simulation and the clinical scan. Scatter correction is finally performed by subtracting the estimated scatter from raw projections. Results: On two sets of clinical patient CBBCT data with different breast sizes, the proposed method effectively reduces cupping artifact and improves the image contrast by an average factor of 2, with an efficient processing time of 200ms per conebeam projection. Conclusion: Compared with existing scatter correction approaches on CBBCT, the proposed library-based method is clinically advantageous in that it requires no additional scans or hardware modifications. As the MC simulations are pre-computed, our method achieves a high computational efficiency on each patient dataset. The library-based method has shown great promise as a practical tool for effective scatter correction on clinical CBBCT.

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Linxi Shi, Srinivasan Vedantham, Andrew Karellas, and Lei Zhu "Library-based scatter correction for dedicated cone beam breast CT: a feasibility study", Proc. SPIE 9783, Medical Imaging 2016: Physics of Medical Imaging, 978330 (5 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217327

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