NDLI: Optimal CT scanning plan for long-bone 3-D reconstruction

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Author	Zannoni, C. Cappello, A. Viceconti, M.
Copyright Year	1982
Abstract	Digital computed tomographic (CT) data are widely used in three-dimensional (3-D) construction of bone geometry and density features for 3-D modelling purposes. During in vivo CT data acquisition the number of scans must be limited in order to protect patients from the risks related to X-ray absorption. The aim of this work is to automatically define, given a finite number of CT slices, the scanning plan which returns the optimal 3-D reconstruction of a bone segment from in vivo acquired CT images. An optimization algorithm based on a Discard-Insert-Exchange technique has been developed. In the proposed method the optimal scanning sequence is searched by minimizing the overall reconstruction error of a two-dimensional (2-D) prescanning image: an anterior-posterior (AP) X-ray projection of the bone segment. This approach has been validated in vitro on 3 different femurs. The 3-D reconstruction errors obtained through the optimization of the scanning plan on the 3-D prescanning images and on the corresponding 3-D data sets have been compared. 2-D and 3-D data sets have been reconstructed by linear interpolation along the longitudinal axis. Results show that direct 3-D optimization yields root mean square reconstruction errors which are only 4%-7% lower than the 2-D-optimized plan, thus proving that 2-D-optimization provides a good suboptimal scanning plan for 3-D reconstruction. Further on, 3-D reconstruction errors given by the optimized scanning plan and a standard radiological protocol for long bones have been compared. Results show that the optimized plan yields 20%-50% lower 3-D reconstruction errors.
Sponsorship	IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society IEEE Signal Processing Society IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society
Page Count	4
File Size	170812
Starting Page	663
Ending Page	666
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02780062
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-08-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computed tomography Three dimensional displays Bones Image reconstruction In vivo X-ray imaging Image segmentation Computational geometry Data acquisition Protection
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Computer Science Applications Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Software

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