Differential phase contrast imaging (DPCI) enables the visualization of soft tissue contrast using X-rays. In this work we introduce a reconstruction framework based on curvelet expansion and sparse regularization for DPCI. We will show that curvelets provide a suitable data representation for DPCI reconstruction that allows preservation of edges as well as an exact analytic representation of t...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the feasibility of a novel four-material decomposition technique for assessing the vulnerability of plaque with two contrast materials spectral computer tomography (CT) using two independent markers: plaque's inflammation and spotty calcification. A simulation study was conducted using an energy-sensitive photon-counting detector for k-edge imaging of...

The aim is to study the density, isodose depths, and doses at different points in slab-pinewood-slab (SPS) phantom, solid phantom SP34 (made up of polystyrene), and chest level of actual patient for developing heterogeneous chest phantom mimicking thoracic region of human body. A 6 MV photon beam of field size of 10 cm × 10 cm was directed perpendicular to the surface of computed tomography (CT...

Dosimetry system for measuring organ doses of the patients undergoing clinical x-ray examinations was devised by using newly developed photodiode dosimeters installed in an anthropomorphic phantom realizing standard Japanese adult body. The system was constructed using pin silicon photodiode dosimeters, 32 and extra two in number, inserted at the positions of tissues or organs assigned in the I...

tissue-engineered gingival graft was used for regenerating facial gingiva around an implant at lower left first premolar area with insufficient attached gingiva. engineered gingival graft was produced by mixing 250 ml bovine skin collagen with 250 ml nutritional medium containing human gingival fibroblasts (2×105). 3 months post-surgery, there were gains in the attached gingiva compared to pre-...

PURPOSE In this paper, the method for the creation of an anatomically and mechanically realistic brain phantom from polyvinyl alcohol cryogel (PVA-C) is proposed for validation of image processing methods such as segmentation, reconstruction, registration, and denoising. PVA-C is material widely used in medical imaging phantoms because of its mechanical similarities to soft tissues. METHODS T...

We present a compliant end-effector that helps in cutting soft tissues and sensing the cutting forces. The design of the end-effector is such that it has an upper threshold on cutting forces to facilitate safe handling of tissue during automated cutting. This is shown with nonlinear finite element analysis and experimental results obtained by cutting inhomogeneous phantom tissue. The cutting fo...

We have developed an automatic model-based deformable registration method applicable to MR soft-tissue imaging. The registration algorithm uses a dynamic finite element (FE) continuum mechanics model of the tissue deformation to register its 3D preoperative images with intraoperative 1) 3D low-resolution or 2) 2D MR images. The registration is achieved through a filtering process that combines ...