Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 7, 0711003(2019)

Neutron Computed Tomography Reconstruction Method Using Sparse Projections Based on Weighted Total Difference Minimization

Qiang Lin1, Min Yang1、*, Bin Tang2, Bin Liu2, Heyong Huo2, and Jiawei Liu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1 School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, China
  • 2 Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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    ing at improving the quality of the neutron computed tomography (CT) reconstructed from high noise and sparse angle projection data, an iterative reconstruction method (SIRT-WTDM) combined the simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique (SIRT) and weighted total difference minimization (WTDM) is successfully proposed. The reconstructed images obtained by algebraic reconstruction technique, simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique, and SIRT are compared with or without the random noise in the projections, from which the SIRT method is proved to have higher reconstruction accuracy and stronger anti-noise ability. Therefore, the SIRT method is adopted as the fidelity term of the neutron CT iterative reconstruction method with high-noise projections. Considering the constraint to the sparsity and the continuity of the image gradient, the WTDM method is adopted as the regularization term of the neutron CT iterative reconstruction method. Under the condition of extreme sparse angle projections, the SIRT-WTDM can obtain the better reconstruction images, which has been proved by the Shepp-Logan simulated data and cold neutron CT scanning data.

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    Qiang Lin, Min Yang, Bin Tang, Bin Liu, Heyong Huo, Jiawei Liu. Neutron Computed Tomography Reconstruction Method Using Sparse Projections Based on Weighted Total Difference Minimization[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(7): 0711003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Nov. 23, 2018

    Accepted: Mar. 27, 2019

    Published Online: Jul. 16, 2019

    The Author Email: Yang Min (minyang.ndt@buaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.0711003

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