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Seonmin Ahn¹, Soo Mee Kim, Jungah Son

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Compressed sensing (CS) with total variation (TV) minimization effectively reduces artifacts in small-diameter positron emission tomography (PET) systems. This method improves image quality by addressing data loss from detector gaps, enhancing PET imaging applications.

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Image Reconstruction

Background:

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a vital noninvasive molecular imaging technique.
Small-diameter PET scanners, while specialized, suffer from detector gaps causing data loss and artifacts.
Existing reconstruction algorithms struggle with data gaps inherent in certain PET scanner designs.

Purpose of the Study:

To apply compressed sensing (CS)-based total variation (TV) minimization to PET image reconstruction.
To mitigate artifacts caused by detector module gaps in small-diameter PET systems.
To evaluate the effectiveness of gap-compensable reconstruction algorithms.

Main Methods:

Implemented a two-step iterative reconstruction: data consistency and TV minimization for sparsity recovery.
Evaluated algorithms using simulated sinograms (Poisson noise, detector gaps) with uniform disk and Shepp-Logan phantoms.
Applied methods to high-resolution research tomography (HRRT)-like human brain and uniform phantom data.
Compared performance against other gap compensation techniques.

Main Results:

CS-based TV minimization effectively controlled artifacts from detector gaps and Poisson noise.
OSEM-TV and RAMLA-TV demonstrated strong convergence and robustness to varying noise levels and gap angles.
Quantitative evaluations confirmed reduced artifacts and improved image uniformity.

Conclusions:

Total variation (TV) minimization integrated into standard PET reconstruction algorithms successfully reduces artifacts from detector gaps.
This strategy enhances the reliability and quality of PET imaging, particularly in small-diameter systems.
The findings support the use of TV minimization for improved PET data acquisition and analysis.