Scatter correction method for cone-beam CT based on interlacing-slit scan

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/9/098106

Abstract Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has the notable features of high efficiency and high precision, and is widely used in areas such as medical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing. However, the presence of the ray scatter reduces the quality of CT images. By referencing the slit collimation approach, a scatter correction method for CBCT based on the interlacing-slit scan is proposed. Firstly, according to the characteristics of CBCT imaging, a scatter suppression plate with interlacing slits is designed and fabricated. Then the imaging of the scatter suppression plate is analyzed, and a scatter correction calculation method for CBCT based on the image fusion is proposed, which can splice out a complete set of scatter suppression projection images according to the interlacing-slit projection images of the left and the right imaging regions in the scatter suppression plate, and simultaneously complete the scatter correction within the flat panel detector (FPD). Finally, the overall process of scatter suppression and correction is provided. The experimental results show that this method can significantly improve the clarity of the slice images and achieve a good scatter correction.

Keywords: cone-beam computed tomography scatter correction interlacing slits image fusion

Received: 04 November 2013
Revised: 03 March 2014
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PACS:	81.70.Tx	(Computed tomography)
	87.57.Q-	(Computed tomography)
	87.64.Bx	(Electron, neutron and x-ray diffraction and scattering)
	87.57.C-	(Image quality)

Fund: Project supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (Grant No. 2012ZX04007021), the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51105315), the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2013JM7003), and the Northwestern Polytechnical University Foundation for Fundamental Research, China (Grant Nos. 3102014KYJD022 and JC20120226).

Corresponding Authors: Huang Kui-Dong
E-mail: kdhuang@nwpu.edu.cn

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Huang Kui-Dong (黄魁东), Zhang Hua (张华), Shi Yi-Kai (史仪凯), Zhang Liang (张亮), Xu Zhe (徐哲) Scatter correction method for cone-beam CT based on interlacing-slit scan 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 098106

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