Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 9, 0911005(2021)

Low-Dose CT 3D Reconstruction Using Convolutional Sparse Coding and Gradient L0-Norm

Yanqin Kang1,2, Jin Liu1,2、*, Yong Wang1, Jun Qiang1, Yunbo Gu2,3, and Yang Chen2,3
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  • 1College of Computer and Information, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Computer Network and Information Integration, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
  • 3Laboratory of Image Science and Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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    The potential radiation damage in CT scans have been receiving increasing attention. However, reducing the scan dose will degrade the image quality and affect the diagnosis results. Aiming at addressing the above problems, a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction algorithm combining convolutional sparse coding and gradient L0-norm is proposed herein. The proposed algorithm uses the frequency decomposition reconstruction form to perform unsupervised multiscale online convolution sparse-coding constraints on high-frequency components, and gradient L0-norm constraints on low-frequency components to achieve the suppression and organization of noise artifacts in low-dose CT imaging keep the details. Moreover, three different scales of 3D filter sets are used in convolutional sparse coding, which can effectively adapt to the feature information at different scales and improve the coding ability. The experimental results of abdominal CT simulation data and real-time scan data show that the proposed algorithm can obtain fewer noise artifacts, high contrast in structural details, and better imaging results in the reconstruction process of 25% conventional dose.

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    Yanqin Kang, Jin Liu, Yong Wang, Jun Qiang, Yunbo Gu, Yang Chen. Low-Dose CT 3D Reconstruction Using Convolutional Sparse Coding and Gradient L0-Norm[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(9): 0911005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Nov. 3, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 8, 2020

    Published Online: May. 10, 2021

    The Author Email: Liu Jin (liujin@ahpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.0911005

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