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ArticleProceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering2017

4D DSA reconstruction using tomosynthesis projections.

Marc Buehler, Jordan M Slagowski, Charles A Mistretta, Charles M Strother, Michael A Speidel

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Article in Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Marc BuehlerDept. of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Jordan M SlagowskiDept. of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Charles A MistrettaDept. of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Charles M StrotherDept. of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Michael A SpeidelDept. of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.

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Low-Dose Tomosynthetic Interventional System For Quantitative Cardiac ImagingR01HL084022 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SPEIDEL, MICHAEL A · 2007 to 2015
$4.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL084022
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Abstract

We investigate the use of tomosynthesis in 4D DSA to improve the accuracy of reconstructed vessel time-attenuation curves (TACs). It is hypothesized that a narrow-angle tomosynthesis dataset for each time point can be exploited to reduce artifacts caused by vessel overlap in individual projections. 4D DSA reconstructs time-resolved 3D angiographic volumes from a typical 3D DSA scan consisting of mask and iodine-enhanced C-arm rotations. Tomosynthesis projections are obtained either from a conventional C-arm rotation, or from an inverse geometry scanning-beam digital x-ray (SBDX) system. In the proposed method, rays of the tomosynthesis dataset which pass through multiple vessels can be ignored, allowing the non-overlapped rays to impart temporal information to the 4D DSA. The technique was tested in simulated scans of 2 mm diameter vessels separated by 2 to 5 cm, with TACs following either early or late enhancement. In standard 4D DSA, overlap artifacts were clearly present. Use of tomosynthesis projections in 4D DSA reduced TAC artifacts caused by vessel overlap, when a sufficient fraction of non-overlapped rays was available in each time frame. In cases where full overlap between vessels occurred, information could be recovered via a proposed image space interpolation technique. SBDX provides a tomosynthesis scan for each frame period in a rotational acquisition, whereas a standard C-arm geometry requires the grouping of multiple frames.

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4D DSAdigital subtraction angiographyscanning-beam digital x-raytime-attenuationtomosynthesis

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PMID28943698
PMCPMC5606252

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