ArticleConference proceedings. International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography2018
Implementation and Assessment of Dynamic Fluence Field Modulation with Multiple Aperture Devices.
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- Volume-of-interest Imaging Using Multiple Aperture Devices.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2019Article
- Dynamic fluence field modulation for miscentered patients in computed tomography.Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) · 2018Article
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Abstract
This work reports experimental results of dynamic fluence field modulation (FFM) using a dual multiple aperture devices (MAD) system. MAD filters use Moiré patterns produced by relative motions between two sets of thin, highly attenuating tungsten bars of varying widths and spacings. Each MAD was affixed to a linear actuator and installed on an experimental cone-beam CT bench. Phantom-specific FFM profiles were designed based on a flatness and minimum mean variance objectives and realized through a combination of MAD translations and pulse width modulation at a constant tube current. To properly correct for gains associated with the MAD filters, a correction algorithm was designed to account for focal spot shifts during scanning, as well as spectral effects from incomplete blockage of x-rays by the tungsten bars. The FFM designs were demonstrated in an elliptical phantom (25.8×14.1 cm). Variance and noise power spectrum (NPS) analysis was performed on the resulting reconstructions. While conventionalgain correction produced reconstructions with high frequency ring artifacts in axial slices, the proposed correction algorithm effectively removed such artifacts while preserving phantom details. Fluence field designs for the elliptical phantom were achievedusing relative MAD motions over a 0.44 mm range, and measured beam profiles closely approximated the theoretically computed target profiles. The noise properties of the resulting reconstructions behave as expected: a flat detected fluence criterion yields nearly isotropic NPS and more homogeneous variance across the reconstruction as compared to an unmodulated scan; the minimum mean variance FFM results in lower mean variance compared to both the unmodulated and flat-field patterns at approximately matched total bare-beam fluence. These results suggest that a dual-MAD CT is an effective approach to provide fluence and image quality control and that can potentially accommodate a wide range of phantoms and design objectives.
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