Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT Systems
Objective. To demonstrate a novel approach of compensating overexposure artifacts in CT scans of the knees without attaching any supporting appliances to the patient. C-Arm CT systems offer the opportunity to perform weight-bearing knee scans on standing patients to diagnose diseases like osteoarthr...
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doaj-8409496e616f437d8c7081995d5eae7d2020-11-24T23:22:40ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Biomedical Imaging1687-41881687-41962016-01-01201610.1155/2016/25024862502486Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT SystemsJohannes Rausch0Andreas Maier1Rebecca Fahrig2Jang-Hwan Choi3Waldo Hinshaw4Frank Schebesch5Sven Haase6Jakob Wasza7Joachim Hornegger8Christian Riess9Pattern Recognition Laboratory, Computer Science Department 5, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, GermanyPattern Recognition Laboratory, Computer Science Department 5, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USADepartment of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USADepartment of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USAPattern Recognition Laboratory, Computer Science Department 5, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, GermanyPattern Recognition Laboratory, Computer Science Department 5, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, GermanyPattern Recognition Laboratory, Computer Science Department 5, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, GermanyPattern Recognition Laboratory, Computer Science Department 5, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USAObjective. To demonstrate a novel approach of compensating overexposure artifacts in CT scans of the knees without attaching any supporting appliances to the patient. C-Arm CT systems offer the opportunity to perform weight-bearing knee scans on standing patients to diagnose diseases like osteoarthritis. However, one serious issue is overexposure of the detector in regions close to the patella, which can not be tackled with common techniques. Methods. A Kinect camera is used to algorithmically remove overexposure artifacts close to the knee surface. Overexposed near-surface knee regions are corrected by extrapolating the absorption values from more reliable projection data. To achieve this, we develop a cross-calibration procedure to transform surface points from the Kinect to CT voxel coordinates. Results. Artifacts at both knee phantoms are reduced significantly in the reconstructed data and a major part of the truncated regions is restored. Conclusion. The results emphasize the feasibility of the proposed approach. The accuracy of the cross-calibration procedure can be increased to further improve correction results. Significance. The correction method can be extended to a multi-Kinect setup for use in real-world scenarios. Using depth cameras does not require prior scans and offers the possibility of a temporally synchronized correction of overexposure artifacts. To achieve this, we develop a cross-calibration procedure to transform surface points from the Kinect to CT voxel coordinates.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2502486 |
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Johannes Rausch Andreas Maier Rebecca Fahrig Jang-Hwan Choi Waldo Hinshaw Frank Schebesch Sven Haase Jakob Wasza Joachim Hornegger Christian Riess Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT Systems International Journal of Biomedical Imaging |
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Johannes Rausch Andreas Maier Rebecca Fahrig Jang-Hwan Choi Waldo Hinshaw Frank Schebesch Sven Haase Jakob Wasza Joachim Hornegger Christian Riess |
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Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT Systems |
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Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT Systems |
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Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT Systems |
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Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT Systems |
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Kinect-Based Correction of Overexposure Artifacts in Knee Imaging with C-Arm CT Systems |
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kinect-based correction of overexposure artifacts in knee imaging with c-arm ct systems |
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International Journal of Biomedical Imaging |
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1687-4188 1687-4196 |
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Objective. To demonstrate a novel approach of compensating overexposure artifacts in CT scans of the knees without attaching any supporting appliances to the patient. C-Arm CT systems offer the opportunity to perform weight-bearing knee scans on standing patients to diagnose diseases like osteoarthritis. However, one serious issue is overexposure of the detector in regions close to the patella, which can not be tackled with common techniques. Methods. A Kinect camera is used to algorithmically remove overexposure artifacts close to the knee surface. Overexposed near-surface knee regions are corrected by extrapolating the absorption values from more reliable projection data. To achieve this, we develop a cross-calibration procedure to transform surface points from the Kinect to CT voxel coordinates. Results. Artifacts at both knee phantoms are reduced significantly in the reconstructed data and a major part of the truncated regions is restored. Conclusion. The results emphasize the feasibility of the proposed approach. The accuracy of the cross-calibration procedure can be increased to further improve correction results. Significance. The correction method can be extended to a multi-Kinect setup for use in real-world scenarios. Using depth cameras does not require prior scans and offers the possibility of a temporally synchronized correction of overexposure artifacts. To achieve this, we develop a cross-calibration procedure to transform surface points from the Kinect to CT voxel coordinates. |
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