Methods for Reducing Metal Artifacts in Computerized Tomography

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Yakdiel Rodríguez-Gallo
Rubén Orozco-Morales
Marlen Pérez-Díaz

Abstract

Metal artifacts are common in clinical images. Many methods for artifact reduction have been published to overcome this problem. In this work, animage smoothing method for artifact reduction (ISMAR) is proposed for image quality improvement in patients with hip prosthesis and dental fillings, which caused metal artifacts. ISMAR was evaluated and compared with three well-known methods for metal artifact reduction (linear interpolation (LI), normalized metal artifact reduction (NMAR) and frequency split metal artifact reduction (FSMAR)). The new method is based on edge-preserving smoothing via L0 Gradient Minimization filter. Image quality was evaluated by two experienced radiologists completely blinded to the information about if the image was processed or not to suppress the artifacts. They graded image quality in a five points-scale, where zero is an index of clear artifact presence, and five, a whole artifact suppression. The new method had the best results and it was statistically significant respect to the other tested methods (p < 0.05). This new method has a better performance in artifact suppression and tissue feature preservation.

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Rodríguez-Gallo, Y., Orozco-Morales, R., & Pérez-Díaz, M. (2019). Methods for Reducing Metal Artifacts in Computerized Tomography. Nucleus, (65), 11-15. Retrieved from http://nucleus.cubaenergia.cu/index.php/nucleus/article/view/671
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Ciencias Nucleares

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