Geometric calibration of the circle-plus-arc trajectory
Hoppe S, Noo F, Dennerlein F, Lauritsch G, Hornegger J (2007)
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2007
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Original Authors: Hoppe S., Noo F., Dennerlein F., Lauritsch G., Hornegger J.
Publisher: Institute of Physics: Hybrid Open Access
Book Volume: 52
Pages Range: 6943-6960
Journal Issue: 23
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/23/012
Abstract
In this paper, a novel geometric calibration method for C-arm cone-beam scanners is presented which allows the calibration of the circle-plus-arc trajectory. The main idea is the separation of the trajectory into two circular segments (circle segment and arc segment) which are calibrated independently. This separation makes it possible to reuse a calibration phantom which has been successfully applied in clinical environments to calibrate numerous routinely used C-arm systems. For each trajectory segment, the phantom is placed in an optimal position. The two calibration results are then combined by computing the transformation the phantom underwent between the independent calibration runs. This combination can be done in a post-processing step by using standard linear algebra. The method is not limited to circle-plus-arc trajectories and works for any calibration procedure in which the phantom has a preferred orientation with respect to a trajectory segment. Results are presented for both simulated as well as real data acquired with a C-arm system. We also present the first image reconstruction results for the circle-plus-arc trajectory using real C-arm data. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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APA:
Hoppe, S., Noo, F., Dennerlein, F., Lauritsch, G., & Hornegger, J. (2007). Geometric calibration of the circle-plus-arc trajectory. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 52(23), 6943-6960. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/52/23/012
MLA:
Hoppe, Stefan, et al. "Geometric calibration of the circle-plus-arc trajectory." Physics in Medicine and Biology 52.23 (2007): 6943-6960.
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