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ArticleMedical physics2013

Tight-frame based iterative image reconstruction for spectral breast CT.

Bo Zhao, Hao Gao, Huanjun Ding, Sabee Molloi

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 authors.

Bo ZhaoDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Hao Gao
Huanjun Ding
Sabee Molloi

Funding

Fluorescence Tomography in Small Animal Imaging using an Ultra-fast RTE SolverR21EB013387 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GAO, HAO · 2011 to 2012
$345k
NCI NIH HHS R01CA13687NIBIB NIH HHS EB013387NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB013387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate tight-frame based iterative reconstruction (TFIR) technique for spectral breast computed tomography (CT) using fewer projections while achieving greater image quality.

methodsThe experimental data were acquired with a fan-beam breast CT system based on a cadmium zinc telluride photon-counting detector. The images were reconstructed with a varying number of projections using the TFIR and filtered backprojection (FBP) techniques. The image quality between these two techniques was evaluated. The image's spatial resolution was evaluated using a high-resolution phantom, and the contrast to noise ratio (CNR) was evaluated using a postmortem breast sample. The postmortem breast samples were decomposed into water, lipid, and protein contents based on images reconstructed from TFIR with 204 projections and FBP with 614 projections. The volumetric fractions of water, lipid, and protein from the image-based measurements in both TFIR and FBP were compared to the chemical analysis.

resultsThe spatial resolution and CNR were comparable for the images reconstructed by TFIR with 204 projections and FBP with 614 projections. Both reconstruction techniques provided accurate quantification of water, lipid, and protein composition of the breast tissue when compared with data from the reference standard chemical analysis.

conclusionsAccurate breast tissue decomposition can be done with three fold fewer projection images by the TFIR technique without any reduction in image spatial resolution and CNR. This can result in a two-third reduction of the patient dose in a multislit and multislice spiral CT system in addition to the reduced scanning time in this system.

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BreastCadmiumImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMammographyPhotonsTelluriumZincCadmiumCdZnTeTelluriumZinc

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PMID23464320
PMCPMC3585830

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