Cone Beam Computed Tomography

266 Pages·2014·51.952 MB·English

by  Chris C. Shaw (ed.)

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Cone Beam
Computed Tomography
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Chris C. Shaw
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Contents
Series preface ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Editor xv
Contributors xvii
Part I FUNDaMENtaL PrINCIPLES aND tECHNIQUES 1
1. History of x-ray computed tomography 3
Jiang Hsieh
2. acquisition of projection images 9
Wei Zhao and Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen
3. reconstruction algorithms 21
Liang Li, Zhiqiang Chen, and Ge Wang
4. Cone-beam Ct image quality 37
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Wojciech Zbijewski, and Jennifer Xu
5. radiation dose 59
Ioannis Sechopoulos
Part II aDVaNCED tECHNIQUES 73
6. Image simulation 75
Iacovos S. Kyprianou
7. 3D image processing, analysis, and visualization 87
Kenneth R. Hoffmann, Peter B. Noël, and Martin Fiebich
8. Volume-of-interest imaging 115
Chris C. Shaw
9. Four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography 123
Tinsu Pan
10. Image corrections for scattered radiation 129
Cem Altunbas
Part III aPPLICatIONS 149
11. Multidetector row Ct 151
Xiangyang Tang
12. Cone beam micro-Ct for small-animal research 173
Erik L. Ritman
13. Cardiac imaging 183
Katsuyuki (Ken) Taguchi and Elliot K. Fishman
14. C-arm Ct in the interventional suite: Current status and future directions 199
Rebecca Fahrig, Jared Starman, Erin Girard, Amin Al-Ahmad, Hewei Gao, Nishita Kothary, and Arundhuti Ganguly
15. Cone beam Ct: transforming radiation treatment guidance, planning, and monitoring 223
John W. Wong, David A. Jaffray, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, and Di Yan
16. Breast Ct 235
Stephen J. Glick

Series preface
Since their inception more than a century ago, advances in At the 2007 annual meeting of the American Association of
the science and technology of medical imaging and radiation Physicists in Medicine in Minneapolis, this challenge was the
therapy are more profound and rapid than ever before. topic of conversation during a lunch hosted by Taylor & Francis,
Furthermore, the disciplines are increasingly cross-linked as involving a group of senior medical physicists (Arthur L. Boyer,
imaging methods become more widely used to plan, guide, Joseph O. Deasy, C.-M. Charlie Ma, Todd A. Pawlicki, Ervin
monitor, and assess treatments in radiation therapy. Today, B. Podgorsak, Elke Reitzel, Anthony B. Wolbarst, and Ellen
the technologies of medical imaging and radiation therapy are D. Yorke). The conclusion of this discussion was that a book
so complex and so computer-driven that it is difficult for the series should be launched under the Taylor & Francis banner,
persons (physicians and technologists) responsible for their with each volume in the series addressing a rapidly advancing
clinical use to know exactly what is happening at the point area of medical imaging or radiation therapy of importance to
of care, when a patient is being examined or treated. The medical physicists. The aim would be for each volume to provide
persons best equipped to understand the technologies and their medical physicists with the information needed to understand
applications are medical physicists, and these individuals are technologies driving a rapid advance and their applications to safe
assuming greater responsibilities in the clinical arena to ensure and effective delivery of patient care.
that what is intended for the patient is actually delivered in a safe
Each volume in the series is edited by one or more individuals
and effective manner.
with recognized expertise in the technological area encompassed
However, the growing responsibilities of medical physicists in by the book. The editors are responsible for selecting the authors
the clinical arenas of medical imaging and radiation therapy of individual chapters and ensuring that the chapters are
are not without their challenges. Most medical physicists comprehensive and intelligible to someone without such expertise.
are knowledgeable in either radiation therapy or medical The enthusiasm of volume editors and chapter authors has been
imaging, and expert in one or a small number of areas within gratifying and reinforces the conclusion of the Minneapolis
their discipline. They sustain their expertise in these areas luncheon that this series of books addresses a major need of
by reading scientific articles and attending scientific talks medical physicists.
at meetings. In contrast, their responsibilities increasingly
Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy would not have
extend beyond their specific areas of expertise. To meet these
been possible without the encouragement and support of the
responsibilities, medical physicists periodically must refresh their
series manager, Luna Han of Taylor & Francis. The editors and
knowledge of advances in medical imaging or radiation therapy,
authors, and most of all I, are indebted to her steady guidance of
and they must be prepared to function at the intersection of these
the entire project.
two fields. How to accomplish these objectives is a challenge.
William Hendee, Series Editor
Rochester, MN