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Improved scatter correction using adaptive scatter kernel superposition
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Accurate scatter correction is required to produce high-quality reconstructions of x-ray cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans. This paper describes new scatter kernel superposition (SKS) algorithms for deconvolving scatter from projection data. The algorithms are designed to improve upon the conventional approach whose accuracy is limited by the use of symmetric kernels that characterize the scatter properties of uniform slabs. To model scatter transport in more realistic objects, nonstationary kernels, whose shapes adapt to local thickness variations in the projection data, are proposed. Two methods are introduced: (1) adaptive scatter kernel superposition (ASKS) requiring spatial domain convolutions and (2) fast adaptive scatter kernel superposition (fASKS) where, through a linearity approximation, convolution is efficiently performed in Fourier space. The conventional SKS algorithm, ASKS, and fASKS, were tested with Monte Carlo simulations and with phantom data acquired on a table-top CBCT system matching the Varian On-Board Imager (OBI). All three models accounted for scatter point-spread broadening due to object thickening, object edge effects, detector scatter properties and an anti-scatter grid. Hounsfield unit (HU) errors in reconstructions of a large pelvis phantom with a measured maximum scatter-to- primary ratio over 200% were reduced from -90 +/- 58 HU(mean +/- standard deviation) with no scatter correction to 53 +/- 82 HU with SKS, to 19 +/- 25 HU with fASKS and to 13 +/- 21 HU with ASKS. HU accuracies and measured contrast were similarly improved in reconstructions of a body-sized elliptical Catphan phantom. The results show that the adaptive SKS methods offer significant advantages over the conventional scatter deconvolution technique.
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CONE-BEAM-CT
X-RAY SCATTER
FLAT-PANEL IMAGER
GUIDED RADIATION-THERAPY
COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY
CORRECTION ALGORITHM
ANTISCATTER GRIDS
DETECTOR CT
ARTIFACT
QUALITY
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