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Center for Fast Ultrasound ImagingDepartment of Electrical Engineering

Radon Transform andFiltered Backprojection

Jørgen Arendt Jensen

October 23, 2019

Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, Build 349Department of Health TechnologyTechnical University of Denmark

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CT reconstruction - outline

•CT scanners•Projection and Radon transform•Projection demo

•Fourier slice theorem•Inverse Radon transform – filtered backprojection

•Selection of filters•Filtered backprojection algorithm

•Reading material: Prince & Links chapter 6

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Modern CT system generations

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What do we measure?

• Intensity measured by detector:

• Conversion to attenuation:

• Attenuation values µ are scaled relative to water:

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ln1II

x-=µ

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Hounsfield units

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Measurement of attenuation

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Parallel beam projection geometry

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Patient coordinate system

CT coordinate system

Point

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Sinogram for point

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Shepp-Logan phantom

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Demo in: for_13/matlab_demo/proj_demo

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Fourier slice theorem

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Demo in: for_13/matlab_demo/ct_demo

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Filtered backprojection

• Perform for all projections:1. Make Fourier transform of

projected data2. Apply filter in Fourier domain3. Make invers Fourier

transform4. Backproject and sum with

previous image

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Influence from number of projections

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Transfer function of filters - Ideal

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Hanning weighted filter

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Shepp-Logan filter

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Filter transfer functions and impulse responses

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Comparison between filters

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Filtered backprojection

• Perform for all projection:1. Make Fourier transform of

projected data2. Apply filter in Fourier domain3. Make invers transform4. Backproject and sum with

previous image

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Summary

• Parallel beam projection and Radon transform

• Fourier slice theorem• Filtered backprojection

reconstruction and choices

• P & L: chapter 6

• Questions for assignments

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