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Framework for Photon Counting Quantitative Material Decomposition
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DOI：10.1109/TMI.2019.2914370.png)
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In this paper, the accuracy of material decomposition (MD) using an energy discriminating photon counting detector was studied. An MD framework was established and validated using calcium hydroxyapatite (CaHA) inserts of known densities (50 mg/cm(3), 100 mg/cm(3), 250 mg/cm(3), 400 mg/cm(3)), and diameters (1.2, 3.0, and 5.0 mm). These inserts were placed in a cardiac rod phantom that mimics a tissue equivalent heart and measured using an experimental photon counting detector cone beam computed tomography (PCD-CBCT) setup. The quantitative coronary calcium scores (density, mass, and volume) obtained from the MD framework were compared with the nominal values. In addition, three different calibration techniques, signal-to-equivalent thickness calibration (STC), polynomial correction (PC), and projected equivalent thickness calibration (PETC) were compared to investigate the effect of the calibration method on the quantitative values. The obtained MD estimates agreed well with the nominal values for density (mass) with mean absolute percent errors (MAPEs) 8 +/- 11% (9 +/- 15%) and 4 +/- 6% (9 +/- 14%) for STC and PETC calibration methods, respectively. PC displayed large MAPEs for density (27 +/- 9%), and mass (25 +/- 12%). Volume estimation resulted in large deviations between true and measured values with notable MAPEs for STC (40 +/- 90%), PC (40 +/- 80%), and PETC (40 +/- 90%). The framework demonstrated the feasibility of quantitative CaHA mass and density scoring using PCD-CBCT.
Keywords:
Calibration
Computed tomography
Detectors
Image reconstruction
Photonics
Calcium
Thickness measurement
CdTe
iterative reconstruction
material decomposition
photon counting
spectral CT
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