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http://dx.doi.org/10.14316/pmp.2014.25.4.271

A Study of Various Filter Setups with FBP Reconstruction for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis  

Lee, Haeng-Hwa (Department of Radiological Convergence Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Kim, Ye-Seul (Department of Radiological Convergence Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Lee, Youngjin (Department of Radiological Convergence Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Choi, Sunghoon (Department of Radiological Convergence Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Lee, Seungwan (Department of Radiological Convergence Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Park, Hye-Suk (Department of Radiological Convergence Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Kim, Hee-Joung (Department of Radiological Convergence Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Choi, Jae-Gu (Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI))
Choi, Young-Wook (Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI))
Publication Information
Progress in Medical Physics / v.25, no.4, 2014 , pp. 271-280 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has been investigated to overcome the limitation of conventional mammography for overlapping anatomical structures and high patient dose with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). However incomplete sampling due to limited angle leads to interference on the neighboring slices. Many studies have investigated to reduce artifacts such as interference. Moreover, appropriate filters for tomosynthesis have been researched to solve artifacts resulted from incomplete sampling. The primary purpose of this study is finding appropriate filter scheme with FBP reconstruction for DBT system to reduce artifacts. In this study, we investigated characteristics of various filter schemes with simulation and prototype digital breast tomosynthesis under same acquisition parameters and conditions. We evaluated artifacts and noise with profiles and COV (coefficinet of variation) to study characteristic of filter. As a result, the noise with parameter 0.25 of Spectral filter reduced by 10% in comparison to that with only Ramp-lak filter. Because unbalance of information reduced with decreasing B of Slice thickness filter, artifacts caused by incomplete sampling reduced. In conclusion, we confirmed basic characteristics of filter operations and improvement of image quality by appropriate filter scheme. The results of this study can be utilized as base in research and development of DBT system by providing information that is about noise and artifacts depend on various filter schemes.
Keywords
Digital breast tomosynthesis; FBP reconstruction; Spectral filter; Slice thickness filter; Noise; Interference;
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