Title :
TRI-PICCS in single source and dual source CT
Author :
Maass, Clemens ; Hofmann, Christian ; Kachelriess, Marc
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Med. Phys. (IMP), Univ. of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
fDate :
Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010
Abstract :
Recently, temporal resolution improved prior image constrained compressed sensing (TRI-PICCS), an algorithm promising improved temporal resolution in cardiac CT, was proposed. Here, we extend the ideas to dual source CT. Single source and dual source CT simulations of a heart phantom as well as a single source cardiac CT measurement are used to evaluate the temporal resolution of CT images reconstructed with TRI-PICCS. Short scan reconstructions of the same data are used for comparison. The result of this study is that there seems to be an advantage in temporal resolution when using TRI-PICCS, however, this impression is actually caused by a slight shift of the motion phase when using TRI-PICCS. Comparing short scan reconstructions and TRI-PICCS reconstructions at the same motion phase, no temporal resolution improvement could be confirmed.
Keywords :
cardiology; computerised tomography; image motion analysis; image reconstruction; image resolution; medical image processing; phantoms; TRI-PICCS; cardiac CT; dual source CT; heart phantom; image reconstruction; motion phase; single source CT; temporal resolution improved prior image constrained compressed sensing; Arteries; Computed tomography; Heart; Image quality; Image reconstruction; Image resolution; Phantoms;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874304