Parameter selection with the Hotelling observer in linear iterative image reconstruction for breast tomosynthesis

Sean D. Rose; Jacob Roth; Cole Zimmerman; Ingrid Reiser; Emil Y. Sidky; Xiaochuan Pan

doi:10.1117/12.2293805

7 March 2018 Parameter selection with the Hotelling observer in linear iterative image reconstruction for breast tomosynthesis

Sean D. Rose, Jacob Roth, Cole Zimmerman, Ingrid Reiser, Emil Y. Sidky, Xiaochuan Pan

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Proceedings Volume 10577, Medical Imaging 2018: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment; 105770P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293805
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2018, Houston, Texas, United States

Abstract

In this work we investigate an efficient implementation of a region-of-interest (ROI) based Hotelling observer (HO) in the context of parameter optimization for detection of a rod signal at two orientations in linear iterative image reconstruction for DBT. Our preliminary results suggest that ROI-HO performance trends may be efficiently estimated by modeling only the 2D plane perpendicular to the detector and containing the X-ray source trajectory. In addition, the ROI-HO is seen to exhibit orientation dependent trends in detectability as a function of the regularization strength employed in reconstruction. To further investigate the ROI-HO performance in larger 3D system models, we present and validate an iterative methodology for calculating the ROI-HO. Lastly, we present a real data study investigating the correspondence between ROI-HO performance trends and signal conspicuity. Conspicuity of signals in real data reconstructions is seen to track well with trends in ROI-HO detectability. In particular, we observe orientation dependent conspicuity matching the orientation dependent detectability of the ROI-HO.

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Sean D. Rose, Jacob Roth, Cole Zimmerman, Ingrid Reiser, Emil Y. Sidky, and Xiaochuan Pan "Parameter selection with the Hotelling observer in linear iterative image reconstruction for breast tomosynthesis", Proc. SPIE 10577, Medical Imaging 2018: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, 105770P (7 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293805

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