Paper Info
Title
Joint Metal Artifact Reduction And Material Discrimination In X-Ray Ct Using A Learning-Based Graph-Cut Method
Abstract
X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is an effective nondestructive technology used for security applications. In CT, three-dimensional images of the interior of an object are generated based on its X-ray attenuation. Multi-energy CT can be used to enhance material discrimination. Currently, reliable identification and segmentation of objects from CT data is challenging due to the large range of materials which may appear in baggage and the presence of metal and high clutter. Conventionally reconstructed CT images suffer from metal induced streaks and artifacts which can lead to breaking of objects and inaccurate object labeling. We propose a novel learning-based framework for joint metal artifact reduction and direct object labeling from CT derived data. A material label image is directly estimated from measured effective attenuation images. We include data weighting to mitigate metal artifacts and incorporate an object boundary-field to reduce object splitting. The overall problem is posed as a graph optimization problem and solved using an efficient graph-cut algorithm. We test the method on real data and show that it can produce accurate material labels in the presence of metal and clutter.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1117/12.2048873
COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING XII
Keywords
Field
DocType
multi-energy X-ray computed tomography, classification, graph-cut, machine learning, metal artifact reduction
Cut,Derived Data,Metal Artifact,Computer vision,Weighting,Segmentation,Clutter,Optics,Artificial intelligence,Computed tomography,Attenuation,Physics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
9020
0277-786X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Limor Martin100.68
Ahmet Tuysuzoglu2215.24
Prakash Ishwar38511.54
W. Clem Karl422435.45