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An FDK-like cone-beam SPECT reconstruction algorithm for non-uniform attenuated projections acquired using a circular trajectory

Q Huang1, G L Zeng2, J You3 and G T Gullberg4

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In this paper, Novikov's inversion formula of the attenuated two-dimensional (2D) Radon transform is applied to the reconstruction of attenuated fan-beam projections acquired with equal detector spacing and of attenuated cone-beam projections acquired with a flat planar detector and circular trajectory. The derivation of the fan-beam algorithm is obtained by transformation from parallel-beam coordinates to fan-beam coordinates. The cone-beam reconstruction algorithm is an extension of the fan-beam reconstruction algorithm using Feldkamp–Davis–Kress's (FDK) method. Computer simulations indicate that the algorithm is efficient and is accurate in reconstructing slices close to the central slice of the cone-beam orbit plane. When the attenuation map is set to zero the implementation is equivalent to the FDK method. Reconstructed images are also shown for noise corrupted projections.


PACS

87.57.uh Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

87.57.C- Image quality

87.57.N- Image analysis

02.60.Cb Numerical simulation; solution of equations

02.30.Uu Integral transforms

MSC

92C55 Biomedical imaging and signal processing (See also 44A12, 65R10)

44A12 Radon transform (See also 92C55)

65R10 Integral transforms

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Computational physics

Medical physics

Dates

Issue 10 (21 May 2005)

Received 16 February 2005, in final form 20 March 2005

Published 5 May 2005



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