3D image-based scatter estimation and correction for multi-detector CT imaging

M. Petersilka; T. Allmendinger; K. Stierstorfer

doi:10.1117/12.2042154

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19 March 2014 3D image-based scatter estimation and correction for multi-detector CT imaging

M. Petersilka, T. Allmendinger, K. Stierstorfer

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Proceedings Volume 9033, Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging; 903309 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042154
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

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The aim of this work is to implement and evaluate a 3D image-based approach for the estimation of scattered radiation in multi-detector CT. Based on a reconstructed CT image volume, the scattered radiation contribution is calculated in 3D fan-beam geometry in the framework of an extended point-scatter kernel (PSK) model of scattered radiation. The PSK model is based on the calculation of elemental scatter contributions propagating the rays from the focal spot to the detector across the object for defined interaction points on a 3D fan beam grid. Each interaction point in 3D leads to an individual elemental 2D scatter distribution on the detector. The sum of all elemental contributions represents the total scatter intensity distribution on the detector. Our proposed extended PSK depends on the scattering angle (defined by the interaction point and the considered detector channel) and the line integral between the interaction point on a 3D fan beam ray and the intersection of the same ray with the detector. The PSK comprises single- and multiple scattering as well as the angular selectivity characteristics of the anti-scatter grid on detector. Our point-scatter kernels were obtained from a low-noise Monte-Carlo simulation of water-equivalent spheres with different radii for a particular CT scanner geometry. The model allows obtaining noise-free scatter intensity distribution estimates with a lower computational load compared to Monte-Carlo methods. In this work, we give a description of the algorithm and the proposed PSK. Furthermore, we compare resulting scatter intensity distributions (obtained for numerical phantoms) to Monte-Carlo results.

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M. Petersilka, T. Allmendinger, and K. Stierstorfer "3D image-based scatter estimation and correction for multi-detector CT imaging", Proc. SPIE 9033, Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging, 903309 (19 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2042154

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