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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Imaging
    • Radiological Physics

    Background:

    • Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is crucial for medical imaging.
    • Optimizing CBCT imaging trajectories can reduce radiation dose and scan time.
    • Limited projection data often compromises image quality.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a target-based CBCT imaging framework.
    • To optimize free three dimensional (3D) source-detector trajectories using prior 3D image data.
    • To enable topical information acquisition for a region of interest (ROI) with reduced projections.

    Main Methods:

    • Incorporation of prior 3D image data into a target-based framework.
    • Optimization of projection views by maximizing an objective function based on image quality.
    • Application of the optimized trajectory to a C-arm device.
    • Validation using an Alderson-Rando head phantom.

    Main Results:

    • The optimized trajectory achieved comparable image quality in the ROI to reference C-arm CBCT.
    • The proposed method used approximately one-quarter of the projections compared to the reference.
    • An angular range of 156° was sufficient for the optimized trajectory.

    Conclusions:

    • A target-based CBCT framework can effectively optimize source-detector trajectories.
    • Reduced projection counts are feasible without sacrificing ROI image quality.
    • This framework offers potential for faster and lower-dose CBCT imaging.