Fuzzy Rule Based Image Reconstruction for PET

Mondal, Partha P and Rajan, K (2004) Fuzzy Rule Based Image Reconstruction for PET. In: 2004 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 10-13 October, Netherlands, Vol.3, 3028-3032.

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Abstract

Emission tomography imaging modality has given a new dimension to the field of medicine and biology. The maximum a posteriori (MAP) and maximum likelihood (ML) algorithms are the widely used reconstruction algorithms for emission tomography. However, the images reconstructed by MAP and ML methods still suffer from artifacts such as noise, over-smoothing and streaking artifacts. These algorithms often fail to recognize the density class in the reconstruction and hence result in over penalization causing blurring effect. A good knowledge of prior distribution is a must for MAP-based method. Recently proposed median root prior (MRP) algorithm preserves the edges in the image, but the reconstructed image suffers from step like streaking artifact. In this work, a fuzzy logic based approach is proposed for the pixel-pixel nearest neighborhood interaction. The proposed algorithm consists of two elementary steps: (1) edge detection-fuzzy rule based derivatives are used for the detection of edges in the nearest neighborhood window; (2) fuzzy smoothing penalization is performed only for those pixels for which edges are missing in the neighborhood window. Analysis shows that the proposed fuzzy rule based reconstruction algorithm is capable of producing better estimates compared to the images reconstructed by MAP and MRP algorithms. The reconstructed images are sharper with small features being better resolved due to the nature of the fuzzy potential function.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Keywords:	Fuzzy potential;Image reconstruction; Maximum a-posteriori estimation; Maximum likelihood; Positron emission tomography
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2005
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:21
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/4325

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