Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method that uses deep learning to correct computed tomography (CT) with sinogram completion of projection data
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Application No.: US16227251Application Date: 2018-12-20
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Publication No.: US11039806B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Jian Zhou , Ruoqiao Zhang , Zhou Yu , Yan Liu
- Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara
- Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; G06T11/00 ; G06T5/20 ; G06T5/10 ; G06T5/50 ; G06N3/08 ; G06N3/04

Abstract:
A deep learning (DL) network corrects/performs sinogram completion in computed tomography (CT) images based on complementary high- and low-kV projection data generated from a sparse (or fast) kilo-voltage (kV)-switching CT scan. The DL network is trained using inputs and targets, which respectively generated with and without kV switching. Another DL network can be trained to correct sinogram-completion errors in the projection data after a basis/material decomposition. A third DL network can be trained to correct sinogram-completion errors in reconstructed images based on the kV-switching projection data. Performance of the DL network can be improved by dividing a 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) into two steps performed by respective 2D CNNs. Further, the projection data and DLL can be divided into high- and low-frequency components to improve performance.
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