Application of the 4-D XCAT phantoms in biomedical imaging and beyond

WP Segars, BMW Tsui, J Cai, FF Yin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The four-dimensional (4-D) eXtended CArdiac-Torso (XCAT) series of phantoms was
developed to provide accurate computerized models of the human anatomy and physiology …

Iterative quality enhancement via residual-artifact learning networks for low-dose CT

Y Wang, Y Liao, Y Zhang, J He, S Li… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiation exposure and the associated risk of cancer for patients in computed tomography
(CT) scans have been major clinical concerns. The radiation exposure can be reduced …

Noise-generating-mechanism-driven unsupervised learning for low-dose CT sinogram recovery

D Zeng, L Wang, M Geng, S Li, Y Deng… - … on Radiation and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning (DL) techniques have expedited successful applications in computed
tomography (CT) imaging field and have obtained remarkable outcomes. Most of the …

Size and volume of kidney stones in computed tomography: Influence of acquisition techniques and image reconstruction parameters

RP Reimer, J Salem, M Merkt, K Sonnabend… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Computed tomography (CT) is routinely used to assess suspected urolithiasis.
Information obtained from CT include presence, location and size of stones, with the latter …

CT image denoising methods for image quality improvement and radiation dose reduction

RT Sadia, J Chen, J Zhang - Journal of Applied Clinical Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the ever‐increasing use of computed tomography (CT), concerns about its radiation
dose have become a significant public issue. To address the need for radiation dose …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of Noise Level on the Accuracy of Automated Measurement of CT Number Linearity on ACR CT and Computational Phantoms

C Anam, R Amilia, A Naufal, H Sutanto… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Methods for segmentation, ie, Full-segmentation (FS) and Segmentation-
rotation (SR), are proposed for maintaining Computed Tomography (CT) number linearity …

In silico simulation of hepatic arteries: An open‐source algorithm for efficient synthetic data generation

JF Whitehead, PF Laeseke, S Periyasamy… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background In silico testing of novel image reconstruction and quantitative algorithms
designed for interventional imaging requires realistic high‐resolution modeling of arterial …

Statistical characterization of noise for spatial standardization of CT scans: enabling comparison with multiple kernels and doses

G Vegas-Sánchez-Ferrero, MJ Ledesma-Carbayo… - Medical image …, 2017 - Elsevier
Computerized tomography (CT) is a widely adopted modality for analyzing directly or
indirectly functional, biological and morphological processes by means of the image …

Harmonization of chest CT scans for different doses and reconstruction methods

G Vegas‐Sánchez‐Ferrero… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop and validate a computed tomography (CT) harmonization technique by
combining noise‐stabilization and autocalibration methodologies to provide reliable …

Autocalibration method for non-stationary CT bias correction

G Vegas-Sánchez-Ferrero, MJ Ledesma-Carbayo… - Medical image …, 2018 - Elsevier
Computed tomography (CT) is a widely used imaging modality for screening and diagnosis.
However, the deleterious effects of radiation exposure inherent in CT imaging require the …