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Fast pseudo-enhancement correction in CT colonography using linear shift-invariant filters

Boyes, R., Slabaugh, G. G. & Beddoe, G. (2009). Fast pseudo-enhancement correction in CT colonography using linear shift-invariant filters. In: 16th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2009. (pp. 2509-2512). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICIP.2009.5414016

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method to approximate shift-variant Gaussian filtering of an image using a set of shift-invariant Gaussian filters. This approximation affords filtering of the image using fast convolution techniques that rely on the FFT, while achieving a result that closely matches the shift-variant result. We demonstrate the method in a CT colonography application that reduces the pseudo-enhancement effect, which is a local brightening artifact in CT imaging that can result from the use of oral contrast agents. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the method and emphasize its computational efficiency.

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Publisher Keywords: CT colonography, pseudo-enhancement artifact, shift-variant filtering, shift-invariant filtering
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Computer Science
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