Method Forty-three patients, among them 33 with known mitral regurgitation, underwent electron beam CT and MR imaging. Total left ventricular stroke volume (TSV), antegrade stroke volume (ASV), and mitral regurgitation volume (MRV) and fraction (MRF) were determined and compared between the two modalities. Additionaly electron beam CT measurements were compared with the corresponding echocardio...

Recommended Citation Mohapatra, Sucheta. "Development and quantitative assessment of a beam hardening correction model for preclinical micro-CT." MS his contributions of time, ideas, and funding to make my graduate study experience so productive and stimulating. accomplishments shall continue to inspire me towards my future goals. I owe a lot to all my friends and colleagues in Iowa City, who h...

Purpose To characterize the accuracy of noncoplanar image guided radiation therapy with the Varian Edge radiosurgery system for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatments by assessing the accuracy of kV/kV orthogonal pair registration with Optical Surface Monitoring System (OSMS) monitoring relative to cone beam computed tomography (CT). Methods and materials A Computerized Imagi...

This paper presents a mathematical characterization and analysis of beam-hardening artefacts in X-ray computed tomography (CT). In the field of dental and medical radiography, metal artefact reduction in CT is becoming increasingly important as artificial prostheses and metallic implants become more widespread in ageing populations. Metal artefacts are mainly caused by the beam-hardening of pol...

A major challenge in X-ray computed tomography (CT) is reducing radiation dose while maintaining high quality of reconstructed images. To reduce the radiation dose, one can reduce the number of projection views (sparse-view CT); however, it becomes difficult to achieve high quality image reconstruction as the number of projection views decreases. Researchers have applied the concept of learning...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of tube potential (kVp) on the CT number (HU) to proton stopping power ratio (PSPR) conversion. The range and dosimetric change introduced by a mismatch in kVp used for the CT scan and the HU to PSPR table, based on a specific kVp, used to calculate dose are analyzed. Three HU to PSPR curves, corresponding to three kVp settings on the CT s...

Since the introduction of the original singlesection computed tomography (CT) machines, and more recent spiral CT, several different types of CT artefact have been described. Recognized artefacts include motion artefact, metallic streak artefact, beam hardening, partial volume artefact and step artefact. The use of contrast-enhanced spiral CT has created many new artefacts and potential pitfall...

With the introduction of spiral/helical multislice CT, medical x-ray CT began a transition into cone-beam geometry. The higher speed, thinner slice, and wider coverage with multislice/cone-beam CT indicate a great potential for dynamic volumetric imaging, with cardiac CT studies being the primary example. Existing ECG-gated cardiac CT algorithms have achieved encouraging results, but they do no...

The Biomedical Imaging and Therapy (BMIT) beamline at the Canadian Light Source has produced some excellent biological imaging data. However, the disadvantage of a small vertical beam limits its usability in some applications. Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging requires multiple scans to produce a full projection, and certain dynamic imaging experiments are not possible. A larger vert...