비파괴검사학회지 (Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing)

  • 제27권1호
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  • Pages.8-14
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  • 2007
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  • 1225-7842(pISSN)
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  • 2287-402X(eISSN)
한국비파괴검사학회 (The Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing)
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관심 단층 제거 후 역투사법을 이용한 X-선 디지털 영상합성법에서의 단층영상 선명도 향상에 관한 연구

Enhancement of Image Sharpness in X-ray Digital Tomosynthesis Using Self-Layer Subtraction Backprojection Method

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초록

비파괴검사기법에 활용되고 있는 X-선 디지털 영상합성법(digital tomosynthesis)에서 단층영상의 선명도를 향상시킬 수 있는 방법을 개발하였다. 기존의 SAA (shift-and-add) 알고리즘은 blur artefact로 인하여 재구성된 단층영상이 매우 흐린 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 SAA에서 blur artefact가 발생되는 물리적 메커니즘에 착안하여, 최초 재구성된 단층영상에서 관심있는 단층의 데이터를 모두 0의 값으로 대체한 후 이를 다시 FP (forward projection) 및 BP (backprojection)를 수행하여 관심있는 단층에서의 blur artefact를 추출 보정하여 단층영상을 복원하고자 하였다. 개발한 알고리즘을 검증하기 위해 실제 실험 및 몬테칼로(Monte Carlo) 시뮬레이션을 통해 기존 SAA 방법과 비교하였으며, 단층영상의 선명도가 크게 향상됨을 확인하였다.

X-ray digital tomosynthesis is widely used in the nondestructive testing and evaluation, especially for the printed circuit boards (PCBs). In this study, we propose a simple method to reduce the blur artefact, frequently claimed in the conventional digital tomosynthesis based on SAA (shift-and-add) algorithm, and thus restore the image sharpness. The proposed method is basically based on the SAA, but has a correction procedure by finding blur artefacts from the forward-and back-projection for the firstly obtained, manipulated backprojection data. The manipulation is the replacement of the original data at the POI (plane-of-interest) by zeros. This method has been compared with the conventional SAA algorithm using the experimental measurements and Monte Carlo simulation for the designed PCB phantom. The comparison showed a much enhancement of sharpness in the images obtained from the proposed method.

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