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![]() Shuqing Chen M. Sc.Alumnus of the Pattern Recognition Lab of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergQuantitative DECT with prior atlas knowledge
Dual-Energy CT (DECT) uses two different x-ray spectra simultaneously. This technique enables decomposition of images into the underlying materials by detecting the different attenuation of materials at different x-ray spectra. Thus, the diagnostic significance of DECT is improved compared to single-energy CT. So far, the method of material decomposition is only efficient for certain organs and works only with organ-specific parameters. The organ-specific parameters have to be given manually by the user. And the parameters should be patient-specific. This project aims at decomposing the materials with anatomy knowledge automatically. An atlas provides the prior knowledge - the anatomic structures. The anatomy knowledge allows then automatic decomposition and classification of the different materials. This project is in cooperation with the |