Universal non-circular cone beam CT orbits for metal artifact reduction imaging during image-guided procedures

T Reynolds, Y Ma, A Kanawati, O Dillon, K Baer… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Innovation in image-guided procedures has been driven by advances in robotic Cone Beam
Computed Tomography (CBCT) systems. A fundamental challenge for CBCT imaging is …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing pelvic structures in the presence of metal hip prothesis via non-circular CBCT orbits

T Reynolds, Y Ma, T Wang, K Mei, PB Noël… - Proceedings of SPIE …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the expansion of Cone Beam CT (CBCT) to new interventional procedures continues, the
burdensome challenge of metal artifacts remains. Photon starvation and beam hardening …

Fully automatic online geometric calibration for non‐circular cone‐beam CT orbits using fiducials with unknown placement

YQ Ma, T Reynolds, T Ehtiati, C Weiss, K Hong… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Cone‐beam CT (CBCT) with non‐circular scanning orbits can improve
image quality for 3D intraoperative image guidance. However, geometric calibration of such …

Fast CBCT reconstruction using convolutional neural networks for arbitrary robotic C-arm orbits

T Russ, YQ Ma, AK Golla, DF Bauer… - … 2022: Physics of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cone-beam CT (CBCT) with non-circular acquisition orbits has the potential to improve
image quality, increase the field-of view, and facilitate minimal interference within an …

Non-circular CBCT orbit design and realization on a clinical robotic C-arm for metal artifact reduction

Y Ma, GJ Gang, T Ehtiati, T Reynolds… - Medical Imaging …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Metal artifacts have been a difficult challenge for cone-beam CT (CBCT), especially for
intraoperative imaging. Metal surgical tools and implants are often present in the field of …

Interventional Cone-Beam CT with Arbitrary Acquisition Orbits: Simulation and Reconstruction

T Russ - 2022 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Cone-beam CT (CBCT) is commonly used in image-guided surgery due to its speed,
mobility and spatial resolution. The advent of robotic interventional X-ray systems has …