Data correction for gantry-tilted local CT

Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2008 Jun;32(4):251-7. doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2008.01.001. Epub 2008 Mar 7.

Abstract

The gantry-tilted helical cone-beam computed tomography (CT) has an inherent problem that the relative shift of the region of interest (ROI) blurs the reconstructed image. This problem becomes more serious in the gantry-tilted local CT imaging due to the nature of local scanning. This paper proposes a new method to improve the gantry-tilted local imaging by correcting the local scanning data. Computer simulations show that the proposed method can enhance the local imaging performance to a certain extent in terms of the image sharpening and artifacts reduction.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Artifacts
  • Computer Simulation
  • Head / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Posture
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed / methods*