A Bayesian-MAP Method Based on TV for CT Image Reconstruction from Sparse and Limited Data

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-02-12
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Computedtomography(CT)playsanimportantroleinthefieldofmodernmedicalimaging.Reducingradiationexposuredosewithoutsignificantlydecreasingimage'squalityisalwaysacrucialissue.Inspiredbytheoutstandingperformanceoftotalvariation(TV)techniqueinCTimagereconstruction,aTVregularizationbasedBayesian-MAP(MAP-TV)isproposedtoreconstructthecaseofsparseviewprojectionandlimitedanglerangeimaging.Thismethodcansuppressthestreakartifactsandgeometricaldeformationwhilepreservingimageedges.Weusedorderedsubset(OS)techniquetoacceleratethereconstructionspeed.NumericalresultsshowthatMAP-TVisabletoreconstructaphantomwithbettervisualperformanceandquantitativeevaluationthanclassicalFBP,MLEMandquadratepriortoMAPalgorithms.Theproposedalgorithmcanbegeneralizedtocone-beamCTimagereconstruction.