A comparison of methods for estimating the line spread function of a CT imaging system

Samir Abboud; Kristina Lee; Kaleb Vinehout; Sophie Paquerault; Iacovos S. Kyprianou

doi:10.1117/12.877665

16 March 2011 A comparison of methods for estimating the line spread function of a CT imaging system

Samir Abboud, Kristina Lee, Kaleb Vinehout, Sophie Paquerault, Iacovos S. Kyprianou

Proceedings Volume 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging; 79615V (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877665
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2011, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Abstract

A quantitative description of the deterministic properties of a CT system is necessary when evaluating image quality. The most common such metric is the modulation transfer function (MTF), usually calculated from a line spread function (LSF) or point spread function (PSF). Currently, there exist many test objects used to measure the LSF or PSF. In this paper we report on a comparison of these measures using: a thin foil slit test object, a teflon cube edge test object and a novel "negative" cube test object. Images were acquired using a custom-built bench-top flat-panel-based cone-beam CT scanner and a cylindrical water-filled PMMA phantom with the test objects embedded in the middle. From the 3-dimensional reconstructed volumes, we estimated the LSF either directly or as estimated from the edge spread function. From these, a modulation transfer function can be estimated, and the frequency dependent image transfer of each object can be reported.

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Samir Abboud, Kristina Lee, Kaleb Vinehout, Sophie Paquerault, and Iacovos S. Kyprianou "A comparison of methods for estimating the line spread function of a CT imaging system", Proc. SPIE 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging, 79615V (16 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877665

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