Super-resolution reconstruction of γ-ray CT images for PET-enabled dual-energy CT imaging

Yansong Zhu; Benjamin A. Spencer; Zhaoheng Xie; Edwin K. Leung; Reimund Bayerlein; Negar Omidvari; Simon R. Cherry; Jinyi Qi; Ramsey D. Badawi; Guobao Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2654431

7 April 2023 Super-resolution reconstruction of γ-ray CT images for PET-enabled dual-energy CT imaging

Yansong Zhu, Benjamin A. Spencer, Zhaoheng Xie, Edwin K. Leung, Reimund Bayerlein, Negar Omidvari, Simon R. Cherry, Jinyi Qi, Ramsey D. Badawi, Guobao Wang

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Proceedings Volume 12463, Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging; 124631F (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2654431
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) enables material decomposition for tissues and produces additional information for PET/CT imaging to potentially improve the characterization of diseases. PET-enabled DECT (PDECT) allows the generation of PET and DECT images simultaneously with a conventional PET/CT scanner without the need for a second x-ray CT scan. In PDECT, high-energy γ-ray CT (GCT) images at 511 keV are obtained from time-of-flight (TOF) PET data and are combined with the existing x-ray CT images to form DECT imaging. We have developed a kernel-based maximum-likelihood attenuation and activity (MLAA) method that uses x-ray CT images as a priori information for noise suppression. However, our previous studies focused on GCT image reconstruction at the PET image resolution which is coarser than the image resolution of the x-ray CT. In this work, we explored the feasibility of generating super-resolution GCT images at the corresponding CT resolution. The study was conducted using both phantom and patient scans acquired with the uEXPLORER total-body PET/CT system. GCT images at the PET resolution with a pixel size of 4.0 mm × 4.0 mm and at the CT resolution with a pixel size of 1.2 mm × 1.2 mm were reconstructed using both the standard MLAA and kernel MLAA methods. The results indicated that the GCT images at the CT resolution had sharper edges and revealed more structural details compared to the images reconstructed at the PET resolution. Furthermore, images from the kernel MLAA method showed substantially improved image quality compared to those obtained with the standard MLAA method.

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Yansong Zhu, Benjamin A. Spencer, Zhaoheng Xie, Edwin K. Leung, Reimund Bayerlein, Negar Omidvari, Simon R. Cherry, Jinyi Qi, Ramsey D. Badawi, and Guobao Wang "Super-resolution reconstruction of γ-ray CT images for PET-enabled dual-energy CT imaging", Proc. SPIE 12463, Medical Imaging 2023: Physics of Medical Imaging, 124631F (7 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2654431

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