Beam hardening correction for X-ray computed tomography of heterogeneous natural materials

RA Ketcham, RD Hanna - Computers & geosciences, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a new method for correcting beam hardening artifacts in polychromatic X-ray CT
data. On most industrial CT systems, software beam-hardening correction employs some …

Automated high accuracy, rapid beam hardening correction in X-Ray Computed Tomography of multi-mineral, heterogeneous core samples

C Romano, JM Minto, ZK Shipton, RJ Lunn - Computers & Geosciences, 2019 - Elsevier
X-ray Computed Tomography scanning is an innovative procedure that allows representing
the internal structure of samples. Among its several purposes, X-ray CT is widely used for …

A model-based image reconstruction algorithm with simultaneous beam hardening correction for X-ray CT

P Jin, CA Bouman, KD Sauer - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Beam hardening is a well-known effect in X-ray CT scanning that is caused by the
interaction of a broad polychromatic source spectrum with energy-dependent material …

Simultaneous segmentation and beam-hardening correction in computed microtomography of rock cores

Z Jovanović, F Khan, F Enzmann, M Kersten - Computers & geosciences, 2013 - Elsevier
We propose a post-reconstruction correction procedure for the beam-hardening artifact that
neither requires knowledge of the X-ray spectrum nor of the attenuation coefficients in multi …

Beam hardening correction using cone beam consistency conditions

S Abdurahman, R Frysch, R Bismark… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The polychromatic X-ray spectrum and the energy-dependent attenuation coefficient of
materials cause beam hardening artifacts in CT reconstructed volumes. These artifacts …

Robust beam hardening artifacts reduction for computed tomography using spectrum modeling

W Zhao, D Li, K Niu, W Qin, H Peng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this paper is to develop a fast and accurate beam hardening correction method
by modeling physical interactions between X-ray photons and materials for computed …

Metal artifact reduction method based on a constrained beam-hardening estimator for polychromatic x-ray CT

J Hur, D Kim, YG Shin, H Lee - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Beam hardening in x-ray computed tomography (CT) is inevitable because of the
polychromatic x-ray spectrum and energy-dependent attenuation coefficients of materials …

Empirical beam hardening correction (EBHC) for CT

Y Kyriakou, E Meyer, D Prell, M Kachelrieß - Medical physics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Due to x‐ray beam polychromaticity and scattered radiation, attenuation
measurements tend to be underestimated. Cupping and beam hardening artifacts become …

Sense and non-sense of beam hardening correction in CT metrology

W Dewulf, Y Tan, K Kiekens - CIRP annals, 2012 - Elsevier
The polychromatic spectrum of X-ray beams causes beam hardening artifacts in
reconstructed computed tomography (CT) models. This leads to unwanted grey value …

Simplified statistical image reconstruction for X-ray CT with beam-hardening artifact compensation

M Abella, C Martínez, M Desco… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CT images are often affected by beam-hardening artifacts due to the polychromatic nature of
the X-ray spectra. These artifacts appear in the image as cupping in homogeneous areas …