Limited-angle CT reconstruction via data-driven deep neural network

Dobin Yim; Burnyoung Kim; Seungwan Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2580692

15 February 2021 Limited-angle CT reconstruction via data-driven deep neural network

Dobin Yim, Burnyoung Kim, Seungwan Lee

Proceedings Volume 11595, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging; 115952V (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2580692
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2021, Online Only

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An increasing use of computed tomography (CT) in modern medicine has raised radiation dose issues. Strategies for low-dose CT imaging are necessary in order to prevent side effects. Among the strategies, limited-angle CT scans are being used for reducing radiation dose. However, the limited angle scans cause severe artifacts in the images reconstructed by using conventional reconstruction algorithms, such as filtered back-projection (FBP), due to insufficient data. To solve this issue, various methods have been proposed to replace conventional reconstruction algorithms. In this study, we proposed a data-driven deep learning-based limited-angle CT reconstruction method. The proposed method, called Recon-NET, consisted of 3 fully connected (FC) layers, 5 convolution layers and 1 deconvolution layer, and the Recon-NET learned the end-to-end mapping between projection and reconstructed image data. The FBP algorithm was implemented for comparison with the Recon-NET. Also, we evaluated the performance of the Recon-NET in terms of image profile, mean-squared error (MSE), peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity (SSIM). The results showed that the proposed model could reduce artifacts and preserve image details comparing to the conventional reconstruction algorithm. Therefore, the Recon-NET has the potential to provide high-quality CT images with low-dose and reject the complexity of conventional techniques.

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Dobin Yim, Burnyoung Kim, and Seungwan Lee "Limited-angle CT reconstruction via data-driven deep neural network", Proc. SPIE 11595, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging, 115952V (15 February 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2580692

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