| Determination of exact reconstruction regions in composite-circling cone-beam tomography. | |
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PMID: 19746778 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Image reconstruction of a short portion of a long object using longitudinally truncated cone-beam data is important for major medical computed tomography (CT) applications, especially cardiac CT. Cardiac CT is an essential imaging tool for the diagnosis and therapeutic assessment of heart defects, cardiovascular diseases, and lung diseases, but it is still limited by suboptimal image quality. Recently, saddle-curve and composite-circling scanning modes have been proposed to solve this problem using exact reconstruction formulas. However, saddle-curve scanning involves both circular and linear motions, while composite-circling scanning conveniently involves just circular motions. Because saddle-curve scanning is difficult to implement mechanically, composite-circling scanning provides another, hopefully easier, approach: An x-ray focal spot in an x-ray tube is rotated on a plane facing the heart, while the x-ray tube and possibly the detector are simultaneously rotated on the gantry plane. This article determines regions for chord-based exact reconstruction in the composite-circling scanning mode and compares them to those in the saddle-curve scanning mode. For different scanning parameter combinations, this article finds the largest sphere centered at the origin that can be embedded inside the exact reconstruction region. This article also shows that the embedded spheres become larger when the x-ray focal spot rotates at variable speeds, allowing the scanning curve to cover a larger object. In summary, this article derives guidelines for prototyping a new cardiac CT scanner to meet the goals of reducing radiation dose and increasing spatial and temporal resolution. |
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Authors:
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Lena Ye; Hengyong Yu; Ge Wang |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medical physics Volume: 36 ISSN: 0094-2405 ISO Abbreviation: Med Phys Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-09-14 Completed Date: 2009-09-30 Revised Date: 2010-09-28 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0425746 Medline TA: Med Phys Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3448-54 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. lena.ye@college.harvard.edu |
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
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methods* Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods* Time Factors |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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EB002667/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; EB004287/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; EB007288/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; R01 EB002667-06/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; R03 EB007288-02/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; R33 EB004287-05/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS |
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