A three-dimensional denoising method for low-dose computed tomography

S Xiaobao, D Yong, D Ruizhe… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Low-dose Computed Tomography (CT) becomes an increasingly significant research object
in recent years result from the harm of radiation used in X-ray CT to health of patients …

A two-step denoising method for low dose computed tomography image via morphological component analysis and non-local means

L Jia, Q Zhang, Y Liu, W Chen, N Wang… - Journal of Medical …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Low dose computed tomography (LDCT) can reduce the radiation hazard to patients
effectively. However, mottle noise and streak artifacts often lower and degenerate the quality …

Adaptively tuned iterative low dose CT image denoising

SM Hashemi, NS Paul, S Beheshti… - … methods in medicine, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Improving image quality is a critical objective in low dose computed tomography (CT)
imaging and is the primary focus of CT image denoising. State‐of‐the‐art CT denoising …

Noise reduction in CT image using prior knowledge aware iterative denoising

S Tao, K Rajendran, W Zhou, JG Fletcher… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The clinical demand for low image noise often limits the slice thickness used in many CT
applications. However, a thick-slice image is more susceptible to longitudinal partial volume …

Low-Dose Computed Tomography Image Denoising with Variance-Stabilizing Transformation and Noise Variance Estimation

W Zhang, B Mao, X Chen, L Wang… - Journal of Medical …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Computed tomography (CT) delivers a dose of radiation to the patient, presenting an
important risk. However, reducing the radiation dose can introduce noise into CT images. To …

A novel total variation model for low-dose CT image denoising

W Chen, Y Shao, Y Wang, Q Zhang, Y Liu, L Yao… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) images are polluted by mottle noise and streak
artifacts. To improve LDCT images quality, this paper proposes a novel total variation (NTV) …

Denoising of polychromatic CT images based on their own noise properties

JH Kim, Y Chang, JB Ra - Medical Physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Because of high diagnostic accuracy and fast scan time, computed tomography
(CT) has been widely used in various clinical applications. Since the CT scan introduces …

Denoising low dose CT images via 3D total variation using CUDA

B Mao, D Xiao, X Xiong, X Chen… - … on Medical Imaging …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this paper is to improve the quality of low dose Computed Tomography (CT)
images. Low dose artifacts are the Gaussian noises superimposed on the CT images and …

Denoising for low-dose CT image by discriminative weighted nuclear norm minimization

L Jia, Q Zhang, Y Shang, Y Wang, Y Liu, N Wang… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is an effective approach to reduce radiation
exposure to patients. Lots of mottle noise and streak artifacts, however, are introduced to the …

Low-dose CT image denoising using image decomposition and sparse representation

NT Trung, TD Hoan, NL Trung… - REV Journal on Electronics …, 2020 - mail.rev-jec.org
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is now a widely used imaging modality for numerous
medical purposes. The risk of high X-ray radiation may induce genetic, cancerous and other …