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  • Medical Imaging
  • Radiotherapy
  • Computational Imaging

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  • Multi-energy computed tomography (CT) offers diagnostic and therapeutic advantages but faces barriers like high cost and technical complexity.
  • Conventional CT systems are expensive and complex, limiting widespread clinical adoption of multi-energy imaging.
  • Cone beam CT (CBCT) is widely used in radiotherapy image guidance, presenting an opportunity for adaptation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a cost-effective framework for multi-energy cone beam CT (ME-CBCT) using existing CBCT systems.
  • To address the undersampling challenge in kVp-switching based ME-CBCT acquisition.
  • To improve image quality by suppressing artifacts in ME-CBCT reconstructions.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented a kVp switching technique to acquire multi-energy x-ray projections.
  • Developed a spatial spectral non-local means (ssNLM) method for ME-CBCT reconstruction, incorporating spatial and spectral correlations.
  • Integrated a histogram matching method to correct intensity scale differences across energy channels.

Main Results:

  • The proposed ssNLM method effectively suppresses noise and streak artifacts in ME-CBCT images.
  • The inclusion of the spectral dimension in NLM significantly removes artifacts present in different energy channels.
  • Simulation and experimental studies demonstrated the feasibility of ME-CBCT and superior image quality over conventional methods.

Conclusions:

  • The developed ME-CBCT framework is feasible on widely available CBCT systems.
  • The ssNLM reconstruction method achieves superior image quality compared to FBP and standard NLM.
  • This approach offers a practical pathway for integrating advanced multi-energy imaging into clinical practice.