Half-scan cone-beam CT fluoroscopy with multiple x-ray sources

Med Phys. 2001 Jul;28(7):1466-71. doi: 10.1118/1.1381549.

Abstract

To develop volumetric micro-CT fluoroscopy for small animal imaging, we have proposed a cone-beam system with multiple x-ray sources. In this paper, we extend Parker's single-source half-scan weighting scheme to the case of an odd number of x-ray sources that are equiangularly distributed, and apply it for half-scan Feldkamp-type reconstruction in this unique geometry. In the numerical simulation with the Shepp-Logan phantom, representative images indicate that the proposed half-scan Feldkamp-type algorithm produces temporal resolution significantly superior to that with a single x-ray source cone-beam system.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation
  • Fluoroscopy / methods*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • X-Rays