Statistical signal estimation methods in X-ray differential phase contrast imaging

Yongshuai Ge; Ke Li; Guang-Hong Chen

doi:10.1117/12.2043938

19 March 2014 Statistical signal estimation methods in X-ray differential phase contrast imaging

Yongshuai Ge, Ke Li, Guang-Hong Chen

Proceedings Volume 9033, Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging; 90330G (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043938
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In x-ray differential phase contrast imaging (DPCI), a simple sinusoidal model is used to describe the measured signal intensities. When there is no noise added to the measurements, one is able to estimate the three unknown parameters, absorption contrast, phase-contrast, and small angle scatter, directly from the signal model. However, for x-ray detections, noise is always present and the noise level increases with a decrease in x-ray flux. When noise is involved, an experimental ensemble average is needed to make the above parameter estimation method accurate. Unfortunately, an ensemble average requires a large number of measurements acquired under identical experimental conditions. Such repetition procedures would significantly prolong the data acquisition time and require additional radiation dose to the image object. Therefore, it is desirable to develop a reliable parameter estimation method from a group of single x-ray signal intensity measurements. This paper addresses this concern by proposing a statistical signal estimation method. This method maximizes the joint probability of measurements in a complete phase stepping period and is able to estimate the three unknowns in DPCI simultaneously. Our numerical simulations demonstrate that the statistical signal estimation method outperformed the current blind estimation method by minimizing the noise variance of each parameter. As a result, this method has the potential to further improve the dose efficiency of DPCI.

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Yongshuai Ge, Ke Li, and Guang-Hong Chen "Statistical signal estimation methods in X-ray differential phase contrast imaging", Proc. SPIE 9033, Medical Imaging 2014: Physics of Medical Imaging, 90330G (19 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043938

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