Fully Truncated Cone-Beam Reconstruction on Pi Lines Using Prior CT

  • Krishnakumar Ramamurthi
  • Norbert Strobel
  • Rebecca Fahrig
  • Jerry L. Prince
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 3749)

Abstract

C-arms are well suited for obtaining cone-beam projections intra-operatively. Due to the compact size of the detector used, the data are usually truncated within the field of view. As a result, direct application of a standard cone-beam reconstruction algorithm gives rise to undesirable artifacts and incorrect values in the reconstructed image volume. When prior information such as a pre-operative CT scan is available, fully truncated cone-beam projections can be used to recover the change within a small region of interest without such artifacts. A method for integrating prior CT is developed using the concept of pi-lines and tested on real flat-panel and simulated cone-beam data.

Keywords

Interior Problem Undesirable Artifact Source Path Virtual Detector Source Trajectory 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Krishnakumar Ramamurthi
    • 1
  • Norbert Strobel
    • 2
  • Rebecca Fahrig
    • 3
  • Jerry L. Prince
    • 1
  1. 1.Electrical and Computer EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUSA
  2. 2.Siemens Medical SolutionsStanford University Medical CenterStanfordUSA
  3. 3.Department of RadiologyStanford UniversityStanfordUSA

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