Joint registration and limited-angle reconstruction of digital breast tomosynthesis
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Author(s)
Yang, G
Hipwell, J
Tanner, C
Hawkes, D
Arridge, S
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), an emerging imaging modality, provides a pseudo-3D image of the breast. Algorithms to aid the human observer process these large datasets involve two key tasks: reconstruction and registration. Previous studies separated these steps, solving each task independently. This can be effective if reconstructing using a complete set of data, e.g., in cone beam CT, assuming that only simple deformations exist. However, for ill-posed limited-angle problems such as DBT, estimating the deformation is complicated by the significant artefacts associated with DBT reconstructions, leading to severe inaccuracies in the registration. In this paper, we present an innovative algorithm, which combines reconstruction of a pair of temporal DBT acquisitions with their simultaneous registration. Using various computational phantoms and in vivo DBT simulations, we show that, compared to the conventional sequential method, jointly estimating image intensities and transformation parameters gives superior results with respect to reconstruction fidelity and registration accuracy.
Date Issued
2012-07-08
Date Acceptance
2012-07-08
Citation
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2012, pp.713-720
ISBN
978-3-642-31270-0
ISSN
0302-9743
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
713
End Page
720
Journal / Book Title
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Copyright Statement
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31271-7_92
Source
11th International Workshop on Breast Imaging, IWDM 2012
Subjects
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
08 Information And Computing Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2012-07-08
Finish Date
2012-07-11
Coverage Spatial
Philadelphia, PA