Scattered radiation presents a major cause of image degradation for industrial X-ray cone-beam CT scanners. It introduces several kinds of artifacts in reconstructed CT volumes, such as streaks, a general loss of contrast, and inhomogeneities known as cupping artifact. In this work, we study different scattering sources which contribute to the total detected signal and we develop methods for the correction of these secondary contributions. A novel method, based on the temporal modulation of the primary fluence, is presented and experimentally validated. The modulation is realized by a sliding, checkerboard-like attenuation pattern. Compared to other scatter correction techniques, this method offers the advantage of integrating the scatter measurement into the actual CT scan which reduces time and effort. Using our method, scatter artifacts may be corrected in the CT reconstruction which significantly improves the image quality.
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Scattered radiation presents a major cause of image degradation for industrial X-ray cone-beam CT scanners. It introduces several kinds of artifacts in reconstructed CT volumes, such as streaks, a general loss of contrast, and inhomogeneities known as cupping artifact. In this work, we study different scattering sources which contribute to the total detected signal and we develop methods for the correction of these secondary contributions. A novel method, based on the temporal modulation of the...
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