SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION, SEGMENTATION, AND EDGE ENHANCEMENT OF RELATIVELY PIECEWISE CONTINUOUS IMAGES WITH INTENSITY-LEVEL INFORMATION

被引:19
作者
LIANG, Z [1 ]
JASZCZAK, R [1 ]
COLEMAN, R [1 ]
JOHNSON, V [1 ]
机构
[1] DUKE UNIV, INST STAT & DECIS SCI, DURHAM, NC 27706 USA
关键词
TOMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM A-POSTERIORI PROBABILITY; REGION OF INTERESTS;
D O I
10.1118/1.596685
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
A multinomial image model is proposed which uses intensity-level information for reconstruction of contiguous image regions. The intensity-level information assumes that image intensities are relatively constant within contiguous regions over the image-pixel array and that intensity levels of these regions are determined either empirically or theoretically by information criteria. These conditions may be valid, for example, for cardiac blood-pool imaging, where the intensity levels (or radionuclide activities) of myocardium, blood-pool, and background regions are distinct and the activities within each region of muscle, blood, or background are relatively uniform. To test the model, a mathematical phantom over a 64 X 64 array was constructed. The phantom had three contiguous regions. Each region had a different intensity level. Measurements from the phantom were simulated using an emission-tomography geometry. Fifty projections were generated over 180-degrees, with 64 equally spaced parallel rays per projection. Projection data were randomized to contain Poisson noise. Image reconstructions were performed using an iterative maximum a posteriori probability procedure. The contiguous regions corresponding to the three intensity levels were automatically segmented. Simultaneously, the edges of the regions were sharpened. Noise in the reconstructed images was significantly suppressed. Convergence of the iterative procedure to the phantom was observed. Compared with maximum likelihood and filtered-backprojection approaches, the results obtained using the maximum a posteriori probability with the intensity-level information demonstrated qualitative and quantitative improvement in localizing the regions of varying intensities.
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页码:394 / 401
页数:8
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