C-arm CT: Reconstruction of dynamic high contrast objects applied to the coronary sinus

For many interventional procedures the 3-D reconstruction of dynamic high contrast objects from C-arm data is desirable. We present a method for compensating artifacts from periodic motions by providing a modified filtered backprojection algorithm. The proposed algorithm comprises three steps: First, the reconstruction of an initial reference volume from a phase-consistent subset of the projection data. Secondly, the selection of proper data for a motion corrected reconstruction using as many projections as possible in the third step. The first step is addressed by gating in combination with a modified backprojection operator which reduces streak artifacts, the second by analysis of the cardiac motion characteristics and the impact on gated reconstruction quality and the third by accumulating gated sub-reconstructions registered with the reference volume. We present first clinical results from real patient data for the reconstruction of the coronary sinus.

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