Performance analysis of improved hybrid median filter applied to X-ray computed tomography images obtained with high-resolution photon-counting CZT detector: A pilot studyopen access
- Authors
- Lee, Youngjin
- Issue Date
- Sep-2022
- Publisher
- Korean Nuclear Society
- Keywords
- Evaluation of noise performance; Improved hybrid median filter; No-reference-based image quality evaluation; Photon-counting X-ray detector; X-ray computed tomography (CT) image
- Citation
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology, v.54, no.9, pp.3380 - 3389
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 3380
- End Page
- 3389
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/85835
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.net.2022.03.025
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Abstract
- We evaluated the performance of an improved hybrid median filter (IHMF) applied to X-ray computed tomography (CT) images obtained using a high-resolution photon-counting cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector. To study how the proposed approach improves the image quality, we measured the noise levels and the overall CT-image quality. We established a CZT imaging system with a detector length of 5.12 cm and thickness of 0.3 cm and acquired phantom images. To evaluate the efficacy of the proposed filter, we first modeled two conventional median filters. Subsequently, we were able to achieve a normalized noise power spectrum result of ∼10−8 mm2, and furthermore, the proposed method improved the contrast-to-noise ratio by a factor of ∼1.51 and the coefficient of variation by 1.55 relative to the counterpart values of the no-filter image. In addition, the IHMF exhibited the best performance among the three filters considered as regards the peak signal-to-noise ratio and no-reference-based image-quality evaluation parameters. Thus, our results demonstrate that the IHMF approach provides a superior image performance over conventional median filtering methods when applied to actual CZT X-ray CT images. © 2022 Korean Nuclear Society
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