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Suppression of Metal Artefacts in CT Using Virtual Singorams and Corresponding MR Images


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1 Department for Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
2 GE Healthcare, 53188, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
 

Medical imaging is invaluable when it comes to gaining insight into the human body. As is well known, medical images need to deal with artefacts. This article presents a modern procedure for metal artifact reduction in computed tomography, which relies on additional information extracted from corresponding magnetic resonance images. We conducted a simulation study so as to compare the resulting images with those corrected, using the baseline linear interpolation method. The outcome indicates that the proposed method incomparably outperforms the baseline and reduces metal artefacts, improving the quality of images, which can be later used in a clinical setting.

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Computed Tomography, Metal Artifact, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Virtual Sonogram.
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Authors

Andras Anderla
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
Srdjan Sladojevic
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
Gaspar Delso
GE Healthcare, 53188, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
Dubravko Culibrk
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
Milan Mirkovic
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
Darko Stefanovic
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia

Abstract


Medical imaging is invaluable when it comes to gaining insight into the human body. As is well known, medical images need to deal with artefacts. This article presents a modern procedure for metal artifact reduction in computed tomography, which relies on additional information extracted from corresponding magnetic resonance images. We conducted a simulation study so as to compare the resulting images with those corrected, using the baseline linear interpolation method. The outcome indicates that the proposed method incomparably outperforms the baseline and reduces metal artefacts, improving the quality of images, which can be later used in a clinical setting.

Keywords


Computed Tomography, Metal Artifact, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Virtual Sonogram.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi07%2F1505-1511