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17 October 2022 Using tissue-energy response to generate virtual monoenergetic images from conventional CT for computer-aided diagnosis of lesions
Shaojie Chang, Yongfeng Gao, Marc J. Pomeroy, Ti Bai, Hao Zhang, Zhengrong Liang
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Proceedings Volume 12304, 7th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography; 123041L (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646551
Event: Seventh International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography (ICIFXCT 2022), 2022, Baltimore, United States
Abstract
Based on the X-ray physics in computed tomography (CT) imaging, the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) of each human tissue is described as a function of the X-ray photon energy. Different tissue types (i.e. muscle, fat, bone, and lung tissue) have their energy responses and bring more tissue contrast distribution information along the energy axis, which we call tissue-energy response (TER). In this study, we propose to use TER to generate virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) from conventional CT for computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) of lesions. Specifically, for a conventional CT image, each tissue fraction can be identified by the TER curve at the effective energy of the setting tube voltage. Based on this, a series of VMIs can be generated by the tissue fractions multiplying the corresponding TER. Moreover, a machine learning (ML) model is developed to exploit the energy-enhanced tissue material features for differentiating malignant from benign lesions, which is based on the data-driven deep learning (DL)-CNN method. Experimental results demonstrated that the DL-CADx models with the proposed method can achieve better classification performance than the conventional CT-based CADx method from three sets of pathologically proven lesion datasets.
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Shaojie Chang, Yongfeng Gao, Marc J. Pomeroy, Ti Bai, Hao Zhang, and Zhengrong Liang "Using tissue-energy response to generate virtual monoenergetic images from conventional CT for computer-aided diagnosis of lesions", Proc. SPIE 12304, 7th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, 123041L (17 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646551
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KEYWORDS
Tissues
Computer aided diagnosis and therapy
X-ray computed tomography
Data modeling
Lung
3D modeling
Tumor growth modeling
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