Image reconstruction for fan-beam differential phase contrast computed tomography.

Recently, x-ray differential phase contrast computed tomography (DPC-CT) has been experimentally implemented using a conventional tube combined with gratings. Images were reconstructed using a parallel-beam reconstruction formula. However, parallel-beam reconstruction formulae are not applicable when the parallel-beam approximation fails. In this paper, we present a new image reconstruction formula for fan-beam DPC-CT. There are several novel features of the new image reconstruction formula: (i) when the scanning angular range of data acquisition is larger than pi + gamma(m) (gamma(m) is the full fan angle), the entire field of view can be exactly reconstructed; (ii) when the scanning angular range is smaller than pi + gamma(m), a local region of interest (ROI) can be exactly reconstructed; (iii) it enables an exact reconstruction for a local ROI when the projection data are truncated at some view angles; (iv) it enlarges the imaging field of view when the detector is asymmetrically placed. In this last case, the data are truncated from every view angle. Numerical simulations have been conducted to validate the new reconstruction formula.

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