1.Laplace-Based Interpolation Method in Reduction of Metal Artifact in Computed Tomography Imaging
Noor Diyana Osman ; Nurul Fathin Mohamad Sobri ; Anusha Achuthan ; Mohd Norsyafi Hassan ; Muhamad Zabidi Ahmad ; Mohd Zahri Abdul Aziz
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2022;18(No.6):243-250
		                        		
		                        			
		                        			Introduction: Metal artifacts can degrade the image quality of computed tomography (CT) images which lead to errors in diagnosis. This study aims to evaluate the performance of Laplace interpolation (LI) method for metal artifacts 
reduction (MAR) in CT images in comparison with cubic spline (CS) interpolation. Methods: In this study, the proposed MAR algorithm was developed using MATLAB platform. Firstly, the virtual sinogram was acquired from CT image using Radon transform function. Then, dual-adaptive thresholding detected and segmented the metal part within 
the CT sinogram. Performance of the two interpolation methods to replace the missing part of segmented sinogram 
were evaluated. The interpolated sinogram was reconstructed, prior to image fusion to obtain the final corrected 
image. The qualitative and quantitative evaluations were performed on the corrected CT images (both phantom and 
clinical images) to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed MAR technique. Results: From the findings, LI method 
had successfully replaced the missing data on both simple and complex thresholded sinogram as compared to CS 
method (p-value = 0.17). The artifact index was significantly reduced by LI method (p-value = 0.02). For qualitative 
analysis, the mean scores by radiologists for LI-corrected images were higher than original image and CS-corrected 
images. Conclusion: In conclusion, LI method for MAR produced better results as compared to CS interpolation 
method, as it worked more effective by successfully interpolated all the missing data within sinogram in most of the 
CT images. 
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        	
            

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