In a computed tomography (CT) system, an X-ray source projects a fan-shaped beam, which passes through the object being imaged and hits an array of radiation detectors. The source and detector array a...
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In imaging technologies, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is a quantitative measure of image quality. In medical imaging specifically, as SNR decreases, it becomes increasingly difficult to differentiate b...
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The X-ray source and radiation detector in a conventional computed tomography (CT) system are rotated on a gantry so that the angle at which the X-ray beams intersect the object constantly changes. In...
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Visualizing a patient’s heart by non-invasive cardiovascular imaging is a powerful tool for diagnosis and therapy. Yet the heart’s movement and small branching arteries make quality cardiac imagin...
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The outcome of a stroke can hinge on the time spent on diagnosis and intervention. Perfusion imaging is a critical step in the process, wherein a patient is scanned to identify salvageable tissue. The...
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With conventional image reconstruction, a single image is produced from a corresponding set of data. For example, an image can be reconstructed from a single CT sonogram or one MRI data set. Such dire...
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Iterative image reconstruction techniques can be used to produce high quality tomographic images from noise-contaminated data. It is known that a statistical weight is critical for great image quality...
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