Iterator-Net: sinogram-based CT image reconstruction

Limin Ma, Yudong Yao, Yueyang Teng

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Abstract

Image reconstruction is extremely important for computed tomography (CT) imaging, so it is significant to be continuously improved. The unfolding dynamics method combines a deep learning model with a traditional iterative algorithm. It is interpretable and has a fast reconstruction speed, but the essence of the algorithm is to replace the approximation operator in the optimization objective with a learning operator in the form of a convolutional neural network. In this paper, we firstly design a new iterator network (iNet), which is based on the universal approximation theorem and tries to simulate the functional relationship between the former and the latter in the maximum-likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) algorithm. To evaluate the effectiveness of the method, we conduct experiments on a CT dataset, and the results show that our iNet method improves the quality of reconstructed images.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13050-13061
Number of pages12
JournalMathematical Biosciences and Engineering
Volume19
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • computed tomography (CT)
  • image reconstruction
  • maximum-likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM)

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