The accuracy of conventional superposition or convolution methods for scatter correction in kV-CBCT is usually compromised by the spatial variation of pencil-beam scatter kernel (PBSK) due to finite size, irregular ex...The accuracy of conventional superposition or convolution methods for scatter correction in kV-CBCT is usually compromised by the spatial variation of pencil-beam scatter kernel (PBSK) due to finite size, irregular external contour and heterogeneity of the imaged object. This study aims to propose an analytical method to quantify the Compton single scatter (CSS) component of the PBSK, which dominates the spatial distribution of total scatter assuming that multiple scatter can be estimated as a constant background and Rayleigh scatter is the secondary source of scatter. The CSS component of PBSK is the line integration of scatter production by incident primary photons along the beam line followed by the post-scattering attenuation as the scattered photons traverse the object. We propose to separate the object-specific attenuation term from the line integration and equivalently replace it with an average value such that the line integration of scatter production is object independent but only beam specific. We derived a quartic function formula as an approximate solution to the spatial distribution of the unattenuated CSS component of PBSK. The “effective scattering center” is introduced to calculate the average attenuation. The proposed analytical framework to calculate the CSS was evaluated using parameter settings of the On-Board Imager kV-CBCT system and was found to be in high agreement with the reference results. The proposed method shows highly increased computational efficiency compared to conventional analytical calculation methods based on point scattering model. It is also potentially useful for correcting the spatial variant PBSK in adaptive superposition method.展开更多
Method: Use Multiple Scattering Correction to eliminate the interference of scattering on spectrum in the process of field measurement so as to improve the accuracy of prediction model of tree canopy nitrogen content....Method: Use Multiple Scattering Correction to eliminate the interference of scattering on spectrum in the process of field measurement so as to improve the accuracy of prediction model of tree canopy nitrogen content. Apple trees in Qixia of Yantai City were taken as the test material. The spectral reflectivity of apple tree canopy went through the First Derivative (FD) and Multiple Scattering Correction (MSC) plus first derivative, respectively. The correlation coefficients were calculated between spectral reflectivity and nitrogen content. The Support Vector Machine (SVM) method was used to establish the prediction model. The result indicates that the MSC pre-processing can improve the correlation between spectral reflectivity and nitrogen content. The SVM model with MSC + FD pre-processing was a good way to predict the nitrogen content. The calibration R<sup>2</sup> of the model was 0.746;the validation R2 was 0.720;and its RMSE was 0.452 g·kgˉ<sup>1</sup>. MSC can commendably eliminate scattering error to improve the prediction accuracy of prediction model.展开更多
Hamamatsu SHR74000 is a newly designed full three-dimensional(3D) whole body positron emission tomography(PET) scanner with small crystal size and large field of view(FOV).With the improvement of sensitivity,the scatt...Hamamatsu SHR74000 is a newly designed full three-dimensional(3D) whole body positron emission tomography(PET) scanner with small crystal size and large field of view(FOV).With the improvement of sensitivity,the scatter events increase significantly at the same time,especially for large objects.Monte Carlo simulations help us to understand the scatter phenomena and provide good references for scatter correction.In this paper,we introduce an effective scatter correction method based on single scatter simulation for the new PET scanner,which accounts for the full 3D scatter correction.With the results from Monte Carlo simulations,we implement a new scale method with special concentration on scatter events from outside the axial FOV and multiple scatter events.The effects of scatter correction are investigated and evaluated by phantom experiments;the results show good improvements in quantitative accuracy and contrast of the images,even for large objects.展开更多
Cone-beam computed tomography(CBCT) has the notable features of high efficiency and high precision, and is widely used in areas such as medical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing. However, the presence of ...Cone-beam computed tomography(CBCT) has the notable features of high efficiency and high precision, and is widely used in areas such as medical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing. However, the presence of the ray scatter reduces the quality of CT images. By referencing the slit collimation approach, a scatter correction method for CBCT based on the interlacing-slit scan is proposed. Firstly, according to the characteristics of CBCT imaging, a scatter suppression plate with interlacing slits is designed and fabricated. Then the imaging of the scatter suppression plate is analyzed, and a scatter correction calculation method for CBCT based on the image fusion is proposed, which can splice out a complete set of scatter suppression projection images according to the interlacing-slit projection images of the left and the right imaging regions in the scatter suppression plate, and simultaneously complete the scatter correction within the flat panel detector(FPD). Finally, the overall process of scatter suppression and correction is provided. The experimental results show that this method can significantly improve the clarity of the slice images and achieve a good scatter correction.展开更多
The absorption coefficient of water is an important bio-optical parameter for water optics and water color remote sensing. However, scattering correction is essential to obtain accurate absorption coefficient values i...The absorption coefficient of water is an important bio-optical parameter for water optics and water color remote sensing. However, scattering correction is essential to obtain accurate absorption coefficient values in situ using the nine-wavelength absorption and attenuation meter AC9. Establishing the correction always fails in Case 2 water when the correction assumes zero absorption in the near-infrared(NIR) region and underestimates the absorption coefficient in the red region, which affect processes such as semi-analytical remote sensing inversion. In this study, the scattering contribution was evaluated by an exponential fitting approach using AC9 measurements at seven wavelengths(412, 440, 488, 510, 532, 555, and 715 nm) and by applying scattering correction. The correction was applied to representative in situ data of moderately turbid coastal water, highly turbid coastal water, eutrophic inland water, and turbid inland water. The results suggest that the absorption levels in the red and NIR regions are significantly higher than those obtained using standard scattering error correction procedures. Knowledge of the deviation between this method and the commonly used scattering correction methods will facilitate the evaluation of the effect on satellite remote sensing of water constituents and general optical research using different scatteringcorrection methods.展开更多
A scattering correction method for a panel detector based cone beam computed tomography system is presented. First,the x-ray spectrum of the system is acquired by using the Monte Carlo simulation method.Secondly,scatt...A scattering correction method for a panel detector based cone beam computed tomography system is presented. First,the x-ray spectrum of the system is acquired by using the Monte Carlo simulation method.Secondly,scattered photon distribution is calculated and stored as correction matrixes by using the Monte Carlo simulation method according to scanned objects and computed tomography system specialties.Thirdly,scattered photons are removed from projection data by correction matrixes.A comparison of reconstruction image between before and after scattering correction demonstrates that the scattering correction method is effective for the panel detector based cone beam computed tomography system.展开更多
To carry out accurate burnup calculations for a pebble-bed fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor,the energy-dependent cross-sectional model based on the Doppler broadening rejection correction method has been ...To carry out accurate burnup calculations for a pebble-bed fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor,the energy-dependent cross-sectional model based on the Doppler broadening rejection correction method has been proposed to develop the energy-dependent elastic scattering cross-sectional model. In this study, the Monte Carlo continuous energy code PSG2/Serpent was used to examine the difference between the constant cross-sectional model and the energy-dependent cross-sectional model during burnup. For the cases analyzed in this study,numerical simulations show that the multiplication coefficient was improved by hundreds pcm and ^(239)Pu concentration was improved by approximately 1–2% during burnup when the energy-dependent elastic scattering crosssectional model is considered.展开更多
An iterative method in the Kirchhoff approximation is proposed for high frequency multiple electromagnetic scattering from two-dimensional dielectric sea surface.The multiple interaction of the scattering field is cha...An iterative method in the Kirchhoff approximation is proposed for high frequency multiple electromagnetic scattering from two-dimensional dielectric sea surface.The multiple interaction of the scattering field is characterized with the corrected electromagnetic currents of the wind-driven sea surface.The actual surface currents are approximated with the iterative solution of the corrected currents.A newly developed sea spectrum,Elfouhaily spectrum,is utilized to build the sea surface model.The shadowing correction is improved by the Depth-Buffer algorithm.The validity of the iterative Kirchhoff approximation is verified by the agreement of backscattering coefficients with the measured data.展开更多
目的介绍了目前主流的PET散射校正方法,并进行了横向评估,最后讨论了目前散射校正存在的问题和发展方向。方法基于东软医疗系统股份有限公司NeuWise Pro PET/CT产品进行仿真实验,评估视野外核素分布对每种方法的散射估计精度影响。结果...目的介绍了目前主流的PET散射校正方法,并进行了横向评估,最后讨论了目前散射校正存在的问题和发展方向。方法基于东软医疗系统股份有限公司NeuWise Pro PET/CT产品进行仿真实验,评估视野外核素分布对每种方法的散射估计精度影响。结果视野外部分的核素产生的散射事件,对散射的空间分布存在明显影响,应该纳入模型考虑的范围。蒙特卡罗计算法的散射估计精度更高。结论临床上,若视野外临近部分活度较高,如脑部、肝部、肾脏和膀胱等,很可能会导致散射估计出现偏差。考虑视野外核素分布的蒙特卡罗法散射估计,有助于提高散射分布的估计精度。展开更多
文摘The accuracy of conventional superposition or convolution methods for scatter correction in kV-CBCT is usually compromised by the spatial variation of pencil-beam scatter kernel (PBSK) due to finite size, irregular external contour and heterogeneity of the imaged object. This study aims to propose an analytical method to quantify the Compton single scatter (CSS) component of the PBSK, which dominates the spatial distribution of total scatter assuming that multiple scatter can be estimated as a constant background and Rayleigh scatter is the secondary source of scatter. The CSS component of PBSK is the line integration of scatter production by incident primary photons along the beam line followed by the post-scattering attenuation as the scattered photons traverse the object. We propose to separate the object-specific attenuation term from the line integration and equivalently replace it with an average value such that the line integration of scatter production is object independent but only beam specific. We derived a quartic function formula as an approximate solution to the spatial distribution of the unattenuated CSS component of PBSK. The “effective scattering center” is introduced to calculate the average attenuation. The proposed analytical framework to calculate the CSS was evaluated using parameter settings of the On-Board Imager kV-CBCT system and was found to be in high agreement with the reference results. The proposed method shows highly increased computational efficiency compared to conventional analytical calculation methods based on point scattering model. It is also potentially useful for correcting the spatial variant PBSK in adaptive superposition method.
文摘Method: Use Multiple Scattering Correction to eliminate the interference of scattering on spectrum in the process of field measurement so as to improve the accuracy of prediction model of tree canopy nitrogen content. Apple trees in Qixia of Yantai City were taken as the test material. The spectral reflectivity of apple tree canopy went through the First Derivative (FD) and Multiple Scattering Correction (MSC) plus first derivative, respectively. The correlation coefficients were calculated between spectral reflectivity and nitrogen content. The Support Vector Machine (SVM) method was used to establish the prediction model. The result indicates that the MSC pre-processing can improve the correlation between spectral reflectivity and nitrogen content. The SVM model with MSC + FD pre-processing was a good way to predict the nitrogen content. The calibration R<sup>2</sup> of the model was 0.746;the validation R2 was 0.720;and its RMSE was 0.452 g·kgˉ<sup>1</sup>. MSC can commendably eliminate scattering error to improve the prediction accuracy of prediction model.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 60772125)the Key Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (Grant No 07117784)Scientific Plan of Zhejiang Province of China (Grant No 2008C23060)
文摘Hamamatsu SHR74000 is a newly designed full three-dimensional(3D) whole body positron emission tomography(PET) scanner with small crystal size and large field of view(FOV).With the improvement of sensitivity,the scatter events increase significantly at the same time,especially for large objects.Monte Carlo simulations help us to understand the scatter phenomena and provide good references for scatter correction.In this paper,we introduce an effective scatter correction method based on single scatter simulation for the new PET scanner,which accounts for the full 3D scatter correction.With the results from Monte Carlo simulations,we implement a new scale method with special concentration on scatter events from outside the axial FOV and multiple scatter events.The effects of scatter correction are investigated and evaluated by phantom experiments;the results show good improvements in quantitative accuracy and contrast of the images,even for large objects.
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China(Grant No.2012ZX04007021)the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51105315)+1 种基金the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province,China(Grant No.2013JM7003)the Northwestern Polytechnical University Foundation for Fundamental Research,China(Grant Nos.3102014KYJD022 and JC20120226)
文摘Cone-beam computed tomography(CBCT) has the notable features of high efficiency and high precision, and is widely used in areas such as medical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing. However, the presence of the ray scatter reduces the quality of CT images. By referencing the slit collimation approach, a scatter correction method for CBCT based on the interlacing-slit scan is proposed. Firstly, according to the characteristics of CBCT imaging, a scatter suppression plate with interlacing slits is designed and fabricated. Then the imaging of the scatter suppression plate is analyzed, and a scatter correction calculation method for CBCT based on the image fusion is proposed, which can splice out a complete set of scatter suppression projection images according to the interlacing-slit projection images of the left and the right imaging regions in the scatter suppression plate, and simultaneously complete the scatter correction within the flat panel detector(FPD). Finally, the overall process of scatter suppression and correction is provided. The experimental results show that this method can significantly improve the clarity of the slice images and achieve a good scatter correction.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2016YFB0501502,2016YFC1400903,2016YFB0500304)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.91638201,41276184,41325004,41471308,41571361)+1 种基金the High Resolution Earth Observation Systems of National Science and Technology Major Projects(No.41-Y20A31-9003-15/17)the Director Foundation of Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.Y6SJ2100CX)
文摘The absorption coefficient of water is an important bio-optical parameter for water optics and water color remote sensing. However, scattering correction is essential to obtain accurate absorption coefficient values in situ using the nine-wavelength absorption and attenuation meter AC9. Establishing the correction always fails in Case 2 water when the correction assumes zero absorption in the near-infrared(NIR) region and underestimates the absorption coefficient in the red region, which affect processes such as semi-analytical remote sensing inversion. In this study, the scattering contribution was evaluated by an exponential fitting approach using AC9 measurements at seven wavelengths(412, 440, 488, 510, 532, 555, and 715 nm) and by applying scattering correction. The correction was applied to representative in situ data of moderately turbid coastal water, highly turbid coastal water, eutrophic inland water, and turbid inland water. The results suggest that the absorption levels in the red and NIR regions are significantly higher than those obtained using standard scattering error correction procedures. Knowledge of the deviation between this method and the commonly used scattering correction methods will facilitate the evaluation of the effect on satellite remote sensing of water constituents and general optical research using different scatteringcorrection methods.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.60672104 and 10527003)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2006CB705705)the Joint Research Foundation of Beijing Education Committee, China(Grant No.JD100010607)
文摘A scattering correction method for a panel detector based cone beam computed tomography system is presented. First,the x-ray spectrum of the system is acquired by using the Monte Carlo simulation method.Secondly,scattered photon distribution is calculated and stored as correction matrixes by using the Monte Carlo simulation method according to scanned objects and computed tomography system specialties.Thirdly,scattered photons are removed from projection data by correction matrixes.A comparison of reconstruction image between before and after scattering correction demonstrates that the scattering correction method is effective for the panel detector based cone beam computed tomography system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11675057 and 11705195)the Hunan Provincial Education Department Project of China(No.15C1176)the General Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2017M622697)
文摘To carry out accurate burnup calculations for a pebble-bed fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor,the energy-dependent cross-sectional model based on the Doppler broadening rejection correction method has been proposed to develop the energy-dependent elastic scattering cross-sectional model. In this study, the Monte Carlo continuous energy code PSG2/Serpent was used to examine the difference between the constant cross-sectional model and the energy-dependent cross-sectional model during burnup. For the cases analyzed in this study,numerical simulations show that the multiplication coefficient was improved by hundreds pcm and ^(239)Pu concentration was improved by approximately 1–2% during burnup when the energy-dependent elastic scattering crosssectional model is considered.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.60871070)the National Pre-research Foundation and the Foundation of National Electromagnetic Scattering Laboratory,China
文摘An iterative method in the Kirchhoff approximation is proposed for high frequency multiple electromagnetic scattering from two-dimensional dielectric sea surface.The multiple interaction of the scattering field is characterized with the corrected electromagnetic currents of the wind-driven sea surface.The actual surface currents are approximated with the iterative solution of the corrected currents.A newly developed sea spectrum,Elfouhaily spectrum,is utilized to build the sea surface model.The shadowing correction is improved by the Depth-Buffer algorithm.The validity of the iterative Kirchhoff approximation is verified by the agreement of backscattering coefficients with the measured data.
文摘目的介绍了目前主流的PET散射校正方法,并进行了横向评估,最后讨论了目前散射校正存在的问题和发展方向。方法基于东软医疗系统股份有限公司NeuWise Pro PET/CT产品进行仿真实验,评估视野外核素分布对每种方法的散射估计精度影响。结果视野外部分的核素产生的散射事件,对散射的空间分布存在明显影响,应该纳入模型考虑的范围。蒙特卡罗计算法的散射估计精度更高。结论临床上,若视野外临近部分活度较高,如脑部、肝部、肾脏和膀胱等,很可能会导致散射估计出现偏差。考虑视野外核素分布的蒙特卡罗法散射估计,有助于提高散射分布的估计精度。
