Effective one step-iterative fiducial marker-based compensation for involuntary motion in weight-bearing C-arm cone-beam CT scanning of knees

Jang-Hwan Choi; Andreas Maier; Martin Berger; Rebecca Fahrig

doi:10.1117/12.2043771

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19 March 2014 Effective one step-iterative fiducial marker-based compensation for involuntary motion in weight-bearing C-arm cone-beam CT scanning of knees

Jang-Hwan Choi, Andreas Maier, Martin Berger, Rebecca Fahrig

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Proceedings Volume 9033, Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging; 903312 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043771
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We previously introduced three different fiducial marker-based correction methods (2D projection shifting, 2D projection warping, and 3D image warping) for patients’ involuntary motion in the lower body during weight-bearing Carm CT scanning. The 3D warping method performed better than 2D methods since it could more accurately take into account the lower body motion in 3D. However, as the 3D warping method applies different rotational and translational movement to the reconstructed image for each projection frame, distance-related weightings were slightly twisted and thus result in overlaying background noise over the entire image. In order to suppress background noise and artifacts (e.g. metallic marker-caused streaks), the 3D warping method has been improved by incorporating bilateral filtering and a Landwebertype iteration in one step. A series of projection images of five healthy volunteers standing at various flexion angles were acquired using a C-arm cone-beam CT system with a flat panel. A horizontal scanning trajectory of the C-arm was calibrated to generate projection matrices. Using the projection matrices, the static reference marker coordinates in 3D were estimated and used for the improved 3D warping method. The improved 3D warping method effectively reduced background noise down below the noise level of 2D methods and also eliminated metal-generated streaks. Thus, improved visibility of soft tissue structures (e.g. fat and muscle) was achieved while maintaining sharp edges at bone-tissue interfaces. Any high resolution weight-bearing cone-beam CT system can apply this method for motion compensation.

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Jang-Hwan Choi, Andreas Maier, Martin Berger, and Rebecca Fahrig "Effective one step-iterative fiducial marker-based compensation for involuntary motion in weight-bearing C-arm cone-beam CT scanning of knees", Proc. SPIE 9033, Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging, 903312 (19 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043771

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