Region of interest reconstruction from truncated data in circular cone-beam CT

IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2006 Jul;25(7):869-81. doi: 10.1109/tmi.2006.872329.

Abstract

The circular scanning trajectory is one of the most widely adopted data-acquisition configurations in computed tomography (CT). The Feldkamp, Davis, Kress (FDK) algorithm and its various modifications have been developed for reconstructing approximately three-dimensional images from circular cone-beam data. When data contain transverse truncations, however, these algorithms may reconstruct images with significant truncation artifacts. It is of practical significance to develop algorithms that can reconstruct region-of-interest (ROI) images from truncated circular cone-beam data that are free of truncation artifacts and that have an accuracy comparable to that obtained from nontruncated cone-beam data. In this work, we have investigated and developed a backprojection-filtration (BPF)-based algorithm for ROI-image reconstruction from circular cone-beam data containing transverse truncations. Furthermore, we have developed a weighted BPF algorithm to exploit "redundant" information in data for improving image quality. In an effort to validate and evaluate the proposed BPF algorithms for circular cone-beam CT, we have performed numerical studies by using both computer-simulation data and experimental data acquired with a radiotherapy cone-beam CT system. Quantitative results in these studies demonstrate that the proposed BPF algorithms for circular cone-beam CT can reconstruct ROI images free of truncation artifacts.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Artifacts*
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • ROC Curve
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sample Size
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed / methods*