Application of sinogram-based moving window subtraction technique in OSEM algorithm to reduce ring artifacts for cone-beam micro-CT image quality assessment

David Shih-Chun Jin, Wen Hsiang Chou, Jyh Cheng Chen*

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Abstract

Severe ring artifacts in cone-beam micro-CT degrade image quality and usually cause error recognition during image-based-observer study or computed-aid-diagnosis (CAD). It causes wrong values, such as size of the tumor. The aim of this study was to derive a moving window subtraction method before the iterative reconstruction step to reduce ring artifacts. To access acceptable image quality data, we used a uniform water cylinder phantom and followed the performance measurement guide, ISO-15708 and EN 16016, to evaluate the imaging performance. Results show there are 1.23 times improvement in SNR and 5% improvement in uniformity. Most importantly, we can reduce the error estimate of the object size from 6 pixels to less than 2 pixels. Our proposed method can efficiently reduce the error rate caused by ring artifacts for automatic size estimation applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2nd International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences - ICIBEL 2017 in conjunction with APCMBE 2017
EditorsJuliana Usman, Fatimah Ibrahim, Mohd Yazed Ahmad, Swe Jyan Teh, Norhamizan Hamzah
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages253-257
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9789811075537
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event2nd International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences, ICIBEL 2017, held in conjunction with the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, APCMBE 2017 - Penang, Malaysia
Duration: 10 Dec 201713 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Volume67
ISSN (Print)1680-0737

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences, ICIBEL 2017, held in conjunction with the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, APCMBE 2017
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityPenang
Period10/12/1713/12/17

Keywords

  • Image quality assessment
  • Ordered-subsets expectation-maximization
  • Ring artifacts

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