Segmentation-aided adaptive filtering for metal artifact reduction in radio-therapeutic CT images

Celine Saint Olive; Michael R. Kaus; Vladimir Pekar; Kai Eck; Lothar Spies

doi:10.1117/12.535346

12 May 2004 Segmentation-aided adaptive filtering for metal artifact reduction in radio-therapeutic CT images

Celine Saint Olive, Michael R. Kaus, Vladimir Pekar, Kai Eck, Lothar Spies

Proceedings Volume 5370, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Processing; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535346
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In CT imaging, high absorbing objects such as metal bodies may cause significant artifacts, which may, for example, result in dose inaccuracies in the radiation therapy planning process. In this work, we aim at reducing the local and global image artifact, in order to improve the overall dose accuracy. The key part f this approach is the correction of the original projection data in those regions, which feature defects caused by rays traversing the high attenuating objects in the patient. The affected regions are substituted by model data derived from the original tomogram deploying a segmentation method. Phantom and climnical studies demonstrate that the proposed method significantly reduces the overall artifacts while preserving the information content of the image as much as possible. The image quality improvements were quantified by determining the signal-to-noise ratio, the artifact level and the modulation transfer function. The proposed method is computationally efficient and can easily be integrated into commercial CT scanners and radiation therapy planning software.

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Celine Saint Olive, Michael R. Kaus, Vladimir Pekar, Kai Eck, and Lothar Spies "Segmentation-aided adaptive filtering for metal artifact reduction in radio-therapeutic CT images", Proc. SPIE 5370, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Processing, (12 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535346

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