Energy Window Optimization for X-Ray K-Edge Tomographic Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Bio-medical Engineering
Bo MengGe Wang

Abstract

In K-edge tomographic imaging with photon counting detectors, the energy window width of photon counting detectors significantly affects the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of measured intensity data and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of reconstructed images. In this paper, we present an optimization method to determine an optimal window width around a K-edge for optimal SNR and CNR. An objective function is designed to describe SNR of the projection data based on the Poisson distribution of detected X-ray photons. Then, a univariate optimization method is applied to obtain an X-ray energy window width. Numerical simulations are performed to evaluate the proposed method, and the results show that the optimal energy window width obtained from the proposed method produces not only optimal SNR data in the projection domain but also optimal CNR values in the image domain. The proposed method in the projection domain can determine an optimal energy window width for X-ray photon counting imaging, and achieve optimality in both projection and image domains. Our study provides a practical way to determine the optimal energy window width of photon counting detectors, which helps improve contrast resolution for X-ray K-edge tomographic im...Continue Reading

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Aug 1, 2018·Physics in Medicine and Biology·Ohsung OhGe Wang
Sep 25, 2018·Journal of X-ray Science and Technology·Xiaoyue GuoYuxiang Xing
Apr 19, 2019·Physics in Medicine and Biology·Mikaël SimardHugo Bouchard
Aug 2, 2019·Nanomaterials·Kevin SmithManos Gkikas

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