Performance evaluation of noise reduction algorithm with median filter using improved thresholding method in pixelated semiconductor gamma camera system: A numerical simulation study
- Authors
- Lee, Youngjin
- Issue Date
- Apr-2019
- Publisher
- KOREAN NUCLEAR SOC
- Keywords
- Medical application; Gamma camera system; Pixelated semiconductor detector; Noise reduction algorithm; Improved median filtering with thresholding method; Monte Carlo simulation
- Citation
- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, v.51, no.2, pp.439 - 443
- Journal Title
- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 51
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 439
- End Page
- 443
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/1604
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.net.2018.10.005
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Abstract
- To improve the noise characteristics, software-based noise reduction algorithms are widely used in cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) pixelated semiconductor gamma camera system. The purpose of this study was to develop an improved median filtering algorithm using a thresholding method for noise reduction in a CZT pixelated semiconductor gamma camera system. The gamma camera system simulated is a CZT pixelated semiconductor detector with a pixel-matched parallel-hole collimator and the spatial resolution phatnom was designed with the Geant4 Application for Tomography Emission (GATE). In addition, a noise reduction algorithm with a median filter using an improved thresholding method is developed and we applied our proposed algorithm to an acquired spatial resolution phantom image. According to the results, the proposed median filter improved the noise characteristics compared to a conventional median filter. In particular, the average for normalized noise power spectrum, contrast to noise ratio, and coefficient of variation results using the proposed median filter were 10, 1.11, and 1.19 times better than results using conventional median filter, respectively. In conclusion, our results show that the proposed median filter using improved the thresholding method results in high imaging performance when applied in a CZT semiconductor gamma camera system. (C) 2018 Korean Nuclear Society, Published by Elsevier Korea LLC.
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