Martin Bech
Universitetslektor
A reconstruction method for cone-beam differential x-ray phase-contrast computed tomography
Författare
Summary, in English
Most existing differential phase-contrast computed tomography (DPC-CT) approaches are based on three kinds of scanning geometries, described by parallel-beam, fan-beam and cone-beam. Due to the potential of compact imaging systems with magnified spatial resolution, cone-beam DPC-CT has attracted significant interest. In this paper, we report a reconstruction method based on a back-projection filtration (BPF) algorithm for cone-beam DPC-CT. Due to the differential nature of phase contrast projections, the algorithm restrains from differentiation of the projection data prior to back-projection, unlike BPF algorithms commonly used for absorption-based CT data. This work comprises a numerical study of the algorithm and its experimental verification using a dataset measured with a three-grating interferometer and a micro-focus x-ray tube source. Moreover, the numerical simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can deal with several classes of truncated cone-beam datasets. We believe that this feature is of particular interest for future medical cone-beam phase-contrast CT imaging applications. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America
Avdelning/ar
- Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
21512-21519
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Optics Express
Volym
20
Issue
19
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Optical Society of America
Ämne
- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1094-4087