In the case of inferior signal errors, the proposed method gives the same results as the dual-energy variant. Although the x-ray path length estimation method with SEMD is more complex, the dose is considerably lower.
Objective
In this article, a statistical-based iterative ring removal (IRR) algorithm that effectively removes ring artifacts generated by defective detector cells is proposed.
Methods
The physical state of computed tomography (CT) detector elements can change dynamically owing to their temperature dependence and the varying irradiation caused by focal spot movements. This variation in the properties of cells may cause false pixel values in sinograms, resulting in rings or segments of rings in reconstructed images. In this article, the proposed algorithm is studied on clinical CT. Two patients were scanned using a clinical CT scanner (AnyScan SPECT/CT, Mediso). Artificial rings and band rings were generated on the real sinogram data to examine the algorithm in different cases. The method was performed also on real ring artifacts.
Results
The IRR can correct both single and band-like ring artifacts with one or more defective pixels. The proposed algorithm can detect the period when pixels contain false signals and only those periods are corrected. The IRR reduces ring artifacts, even in cases where low-contrast rings occur in the reconstructed image.
Conclusions
This statistical correction method efficiently detects and corrects false pixel values in the projection data without causing new artifacts in the reconstructed image. The algorithm is less sensitive to its parameters.
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