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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021

Simulated Annealing-Based Image Reconstruction for Patients With COVID-19 as a Model for Ultralow-Dose Computed Tomography.

Shahzad Ahmad Qureshi, Aziz Ul Rehman, Adil Aslam Mir, Muhammad Rafique, Wazir Muhammad

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Shahzad Ahmad QureshiDepartment of Computer and Information Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Aziz Ul RehmanAgri & Biophotonics Division, National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, PIEAS, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Adil Aslam MirDepartment of Computer Engineering, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
Muhammad RafiqueDepartment of Physics, King Abdullah Campus Chatter Kalas, The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
Wazir MuhammadDepartment of Physics, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States.

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The proposed algorithm of inverse problem of computed tomography (CT), using limited views, is based on stochastic techniques, namely simulated annealing (SA). The selection of an optimal cost function for SA-based image reconstruction is of prime importance. It can reduce annealing time, and also X-ray dose rate accompanying better image quality. In this paper, effectiveness of various cost functions, namely universal image quality index (UIQI), root-mean-squared error (RMSE), structural similarity index measure (SSIM), mean absolute error (MAE), relative squared error (RSE), relative absolute error (RAE), and root-mean-squared logarithmic error (RMSLE), has been critically analyzed and evaluated for ultralow-dose X-ray CT of patients with COVID-19. For sensitivity analysis of this ill-posed problem, the stochastically estimated images of lung phantom have been reconstructed. The cost function analysis in terms of computational and spatial complexity has been performed using image quality measures, namely peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), Euclidean error (EuE), and weighted peak signal-to-noise ratio (WPSNR). It has been generalized for cost functions that RMSLE exhibits WPSNR of 64.33 ± 3.98 dB and 63.41 ± 2.88 dB for 8 × 8 and 16 × 16 lung phantoms, respectively, and it has been applied for actual CT-based image reconstruction of patients with COVID-19. We successfully reconstructed chest CT images of patients with COVID-19 using RMSLE with eighteen projections, a 10-fold reduction in radiation dose exposure. This approach will be suitable for accurate diagnosis of patients with COVID-19 having less immunity and sensitive to radiation dose.

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cost functionsCOVID-19 patientsinverse problemRadon transformsimulated annealingultralow dose CT

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