Adaptive noise reduction and sharpening of OSEM-reconstructed data

The Pixon method, a statistically rigorous procedure for adaptive noise suppression that avoids the generation of spurious artifacts yet preserves all the statistically justifiable image features resident in the raw counts, is applied to nuclear studies. The present work focuses on adaptive postsmoo...

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Main Authors: Vija, A.H., Yahil, A., Hawman, E.G.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical imaging
Data acquisition
Extraterrestrial measurements
Image reconstruction
Imaging phantoms
Lesions
Noise generators
Nuclear power generation
Signal to noise ratio
Smoothing methods
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Summary:The Pixon method, a statistically rigorous procedure for adaptive noise suppression that avoids the generation of spurious artifacts yet preserves all the statistically justifiable image features resident in the raw counts, is applied to nuclear studies. The present work focuses on adaptive postsmoothing and sharpening of OSEM-reconstructed data at various count levels, with the ultimate goals to (i) increase sensitivity for detection of lesions of small size and/or of small activity-to-background ratio, (ii) reduce data acquisition time, and (iii) reduce patient dose. We use simulated and measured data and human-observer studies, which are analyzed using quantitative measures. The detectability shows improvement, as does resolution, especially at low counts. Clinical trials would be required to assess this method of image postprocessing
ISSN:1082-3654
2577-0829
DOI:10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596866