CT metal artifacts in patients with total hip replacements: for artifact reduction monoenergetic reconstructions and post-processing algorithms are both efficient but not similar.
Kai Roman LaukampSimon LennartzVictor-Frederic NeuhausNils Große HokampRobert RauMarkus Le BlancNuran AbdullayevAnastasios MpotsarisDavid MaintzJan BorggrefePublished in: European radiology (2018)
• Spectral-detector computed tomography improves assessment of total hip replacements and surrounding tissue. • Virtual monoenergetic images and MAR reduce metal artifacts and enhance image quality. • Evaluation of bone, muscle and pelvic organs can be improved by SDCT.
Keyphrases
- image quality
- total hip
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- total knee arthroplasty
- deep learning
- positron emission tomography
- optical coherence tomography
- machine learning
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- skeletal muscle
- bone mineral density
- rectal cancer
- convolutional neural network
- soft tissue
- magnetic resonance
- cone beam