Projection data restoration guided non-local means for low-dose computed tomography reconstruction

  • Jing Huang
  • , Jianhua Ma
  • , Nan Liu
  • , Qianjin Feng
  • , Wufan Chen

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Abstract

To improve the CT image quality from low-dose projection data measurement, a projection data restoration guided nonlocal means (NL-means) method was proposed, which makes fully use of the advantages of both the low-dose CT projection data restoration and image domain edge-preserving filtering. To get an ideal FBP reconstructed image, the projection data was first restored using Anscombe transform and block-matching and 3D filtering (BM3D) method according to the Poisson statistical nature and noise properties of the projection data. To preserve edge information during noise reduction in image domain, we proposed the optimized NL-means weights using the estimated ideal FBP image. Simulated experimental results demonstrate that the presented method performs better than other popular methods in lowering the noise and preserving the image edge, without noticeable sacrifice of the spatial resolution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 8th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Nano to Macro, ISBI'11
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1167-1170
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781424441280
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event8th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2011 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 30 Mar 20112 Apr 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
ISSN (Print)1945-7928
ISSN (Electronic)1945-8452

Conference

Conference8th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period30/03/112/04/11

Keywords

  • Anscombe transform
  • BM3D
  • NL-means filtering
  • low-dose CT

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