Deep Scatter Estimation (DSE): Accurate Real-Time Scatter Estimation for X-Ray CT Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network
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DOI: 10.1007/s10921-018-0507-z
Abstract: X-ray scatter is a major cause of image quality degradation in dimensional CT. Especially, in case of highly attenuating components scatter-to-primary ratios may easily be higher than 1. The corresponding artifacts which appear as cupping… read more here.
Keywords: scatter; deep scatter; real time; scatter estimation ... See more keywords
Physics-Guided Deep Scatter Estimation by Weak Supervision for Quantitative SPECT.
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DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2023.3270868
Abstract: Accurate scatter estimation is important in quantitative SPECT for improving image contrast and accuracy. With a large number of photon histories, Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation can yield accurate scatter estimation, but is computationally expensive. Recent deep… read more here.
Keywords: physics; scatter estimation; scatter; quantitative spect ... See more keywords
openSSS: an open-source implementation of scatter estimation for 3D TOF-PET
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DOI: 10.1186/s40658-025-00730-x
Abstract: Scatter correction is essential for quantitative and accurate time-of-flight (TOF) PET imaging. It is implemented by an accurate scatter estimation algorithm, to calculate the statistical distribution of scattered photons among the measured coincidences. However, to… read more here.
Keywords: scatter; open source; tof; pet ... See more keywords