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Image quality improvement of a one-step spectral CT reconstruction on a prototype photon-counting scanner
| Content Provider | Hyper Articles en Ligne (HAL) |
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| Author | Rodesch, Pierre-Antoine Si-Mohamed, Salim Lesaint, Jérôme Douek, Philippe Rit, Simon |
| Abstract | Abstract Objective . X-ray spectral computed tomography (CT) allows for material decomposition (MD). This study compared a one-step material decomposition MD algorithm with a two-step reconstruction MD algorithm using acquisitions of a prototype CT scanner with a photon-counting detector (PCD). Approach . MD and CT reconstruction may be done in two successive steps, i.e. decompose the data in material sinograms which are then reconstructed in material CT images, or jointly in a one-step algorithm. The one-step algorithm reconstructed material CT images by maximizing their Poisson log-likelihood in the projection domain with a spatial regularization in the image domain. The two-step algorithm maximized first the Poisson log-likelihood without regularization to decompose the data in material sinograms. These sinograms were then reconstructed into material CT images by least squares minimization, with the same spatial regularization as the one step algorithm. A phantom simulating the CT angiography clinical task was scanned and the data used to measure noise and spatial resolution properties. Low dose carotid CT angiographies of 4 patients were also reconstructed with both algorithms and analyzed by a radiologist. The image quality and diagnostic clinical task were evaluated with a clinical score. Main results . The phantom data processing demonstrated that the one-step algorithm had a better spatial resolution at the same noise level or a decreased noise value at matching spatial resolution. Regularization parameters leading to a fair comparison were selected for the patient data reconstruction. On the patient images, the one-step images received higher scores compared to the two-step algorithm for image quality and diagnostic. Significance . Both phantom and patient data demonstrated how a one-step algorithm improves spectral CT image quality over the implemented two-step algorithm but requires a longer computation time. At a low radiation dose, the one-step algorithm presented good to excellent clinical scores for all the spectral CT images. |
| Related Links | https://hal.science/hal-04362389/file/One_Step_PMB.pdf |
| ISSN | 00319155 |
| e-ISSN | 13616560 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1361-6560/ad11a3 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 69 |
| Conference Proceedings | Physics in Medicine and Biology |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | HAL CCSD IOP Publishing |
| Publisher Date | 2023-12-22 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | image quality Computed tomography spectral CT photon-counting detector material decomposition image quality one-step photon-counting detector Computed tomography spectral CT material decomposition one-step Computer Science [cs] Medical Imaging |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Conference Proceedings |
| Subject | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Medicine Radiological and Ultrasound Technology |
