20 research outputs found
Optimal and robust PET data sinogram restoration based on the response of the system
Proceeding of: 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, San Diego, CA, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2006We present an optimal and robust technique for the restoration of positron emission tomography (PET) data. It is based on an iterative deconvolution of Fourier Rebinned (FORE) sinograms employing the EM-ML algorithm regularized with MAP. The deconvolution kernel is related to the System Response Matrix (SRM) and the axial point spread function(PSF) caused by FORE. This method is able to deblur the acquired data whitout the introduction of additional noise and enhancing the quality (resolution, contrast) of the images reconstructed using FBP.Support from UCM grant. J.M. Udias acknowledges support from MEC (FPA2006-
07393) and CENIT (Ministerio de Industria, Spain). Part of the computations of this work were done at the âHigh capacity
cluster for physical techniquesâ of the Faculty for Physical Sciences of UCM, funded in part by the UE under the FEDER
program and in part by the UCM
Mammographic image restoration using maximum entropy deconvolution
An image restoration approach based on a Bayesian maximum entropy method
(MEM) has been applied to a radiological image deconvolution problem, that of
reduction of geometric blurring in magnification mammography. The aim of the
work is to demonstrate an improvement in image spatial resolution in realistic
noisy radiological images with no associated penalty in terms of reduction in
the signal-to-noise ratio perceived by the observer. Images of the TORMAM
mammographic image quality phantom were recorded using the standard
magnification settings of 1.8 magnification/fine focus and also at 1.8
magnification/broad focus and 3.0 magnification/fine focus; the latter two
arrangements would normally give rise to unacceptable geometric blurring.
Measured point-spread functions were used in conjunction with the MEM image
processing to de-blur these images. The results are presented as comparative
images of phantom test features and as observer scores for the raw and
processed images. Visualization of high resolution features and the total image
scores for the test phantom were improved by the application of the MEM
processing. It is argued that this successful demonstration of image
de-blurring in noisy radiological images offers the possibility of weakening
the link between focal spot size and geometric blurring in radiology, thus
opening up new approaches to system optimization.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figure
SVD-Based Evaluation of Multiplexing in Multipinhole SPECT Systems
Multipinhole SPECT system design is largely a trial-and-error process. General principles can give system designers a general idea of how a system with certain characteristics will perform. However, the specific performance of any particular system is unknown before the system is tested. The development of an objective evaluation method that is not based on experimentation would facilitate the optimization of multipinhole systems. We derive a figure of merit for prediction of SPECT system performance based on the entire singular value spectrum of the system. This figure of merit contains significantly more information than the condition number of the system, and is therefore more revealing of system performance. This figure is then compared with simulated results of several SPECT systems and is shown to correlate well to the results of the simulations. The proposed figure of merit is useful for predicting system performance, but additional steps could be taken to improve its accuracy and applicability. The limits of the proposed method are discussed, and possible improvements to it are proposed
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Binary tomography is the process of reconstructing a binary image from a finite number of projections. We present a novel method for solving binary tomographic inverse problems using a continuous-time image reconstruction (CIR) system described by nonlinear differential equations based on the minimization of a double Kullback- Leibler divergence. We prove theoretically that the divergence measure monotonically decreases in time. Moreover, we demonstrate numerically that the quality of the reconstructed images of the nonlinear CIR system is better than those from an iterative reconstruction method