Combining dual-tree complex wavelets and multiresolution in iterative CT reconstruction with application to metal artifact reduction

BackgroundThis paper investigates the benefits of data filtering via complex dual wavelet transform for metal artifact reduction (MAR). The advantage of using complex dual wavelet basis for MAR was studied on simulated dental computed tomography (CT) data for its efficiency in terms of noise suppression and removal of secondary artifacts. Dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DT-CWT) was selected due to its enhanced directional analysis of image details compared to the ordinary wavelet transform. DT-CWT was used for multiresolution decomposition within a modified total variation (TV) regularized inversion algorithm.MethodsIn this study, we have tested the multiresolution TV (MRTV) approach with DT-CWT on a 2D polychromatic jaw phantom model with Gaussian and Poisson noise. High noise and sparse measurement settings were used to assess the performance of DT-CWT. The results were compared to the outcome of the single-resolution reconstruction and filtered back-projection (FBP) techniques as well as reconstructions with Haar wavelet basis.ResultsThe results indicate that filtering of wavelet coefficients with DT-CWT effectively removes the noise without introducing new artifacts after inpainting. Furthermore, adoption of multiple resolution levels yield to a more robust algorithm compared to varying the regularization strength.ConclusionsThe multiresolution reconstruction with DT-CWT is also more robust when reconstructing the data with sparse projections compared to the single-resolution approach and Haar wavelets.

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