A new 3D paradigm for metal artifact reduction in dental CT

The presence of metal artifacts in dental CT prevents the correct exploration and planning of dental interventions. This paper addresses a new paradigm in metal artifact reduction that uses the backprojected data available in the DICOM files. The method, based on variational image registration and morphological lambda reconstruction, enhances the image quality using not only the information of the artifacted image (horizontal approach) but also the information of adjoining images (vertical approach). Some preliminary results involving different CT scanners and patients are presented and discussed.

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