Advances in micro-CT imaging of small animals

DP Clark, CT Badea - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Micron-scale computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging is a ubiquitous, cost-
effective, and non-invasive three-dimensional imaging modality. We review recent …

Artificial intelligence in image reconstruction: the change is here

R Singh, W Wu, G Wang, MK Kalra - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Innovations in CT have been impressive among imaging and medical technologies in both
the hardware and software domain. The range and speed of CT scanning improved from the …

DRONE: Dual-domain residual-based optimization network for sparse-view CT reconstruction

W Wu, D Hu, C Niu, H Yu… - … on Medical Imaging, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning has attracted rapidly increasing attention in the field of tomographic image
reconstruction, especially for CT, MRI, PET/SPECT, ultrasound and optical imaging. Among …

Framing U-Net via deep convolutional framelets: Application to sparse-view CT

Y Han, JC Ye - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray computed tomography (CT) using sparse projection views is a recent approach to
reduce the radiation dose. However, due to the insufficient projection views, an analytic …

A deep convolutional neural network using directional wavelets for low‐dose X‐ray CT reconstruction

E Kang, J Min, JC Ye - Medical physics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Due to the potential risk of inducing cancer, radiation exposure by X‐ray CT
devices should be reduced for routine patient scanning. However, in low‐dose X‐ray CT …

Iterative low-dose CT reconstruction with priors trained by artificial neural network

D Wu, K Kim, G El Fakhri, Q Li - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dose reduction in computed tomography (CT) is essential for decreasing radiation risk in
clinical applications. Iterative reconstruction algorithms are one of the most promising way to …

spektr 3.0—A computational tool for x‐ray spectrum modeling and analysis

J Punnoose, J Xu, A Sisniega, W Zbijewski… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: A computational toolkit (spektr 3.0) has been developed to calculate x‐ray spectra
based on the tungsten anode spectral model using interpolating cubic splines (TASMICS) …

T2 shuffling: Sharp, multicontrast, volumetric fast spin‐echo imaging

JI Tamir, M Uecker, W Chen, P Lai… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A new acquisition and reconstruction method called T2 Shuffling is presented for
volumetric fast spin‐echo (three‐dimensional [3D] FSE) imaging. T2 Shuffling reduces …

Penalized PET reconstruction using deep learning prior and local linear fitting

K Kim, D Wu, K Gong, J Dutta, JH Kim… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motivated by the great potential of deep learning in medical imaging, we propose an
iterative positron emission tomography reconstruction framework using a deep learning …

Optimizing a parameterized plug-and-play ADMM for iterative low-dose CT reconstruction

J He, Y Yang, Y Wang, D Zeng, Z Bian… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reducing the exposure to X-ray radiation while maintaining a clinically acceptable image
quality is desirable in various CT applications. To realize low-dose CT (LdCT) imaging …