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X-ray inspection systems play a critical role in many non-destructive testing and security applications, with systems typically measuring attenuation during transmission along straight-line paths connecting sources and detectors. Computed tomography (CT) systems can provide higher-quality images than single- or dual-view systems, but the need to measure many projections through the scene increases system complexity and cost. We seek to maximize the image quality of sparse-view (few-view) systems by combining attenuation data with measurements of Compton-scattered photons, that deflect after scattering and arrive at detectors via broken ray paths that provide additional sampling of the scene. The work below presents experimental validation of a singlescatter forward model for Compton-scatter data measured with energy-resolving detectors, and demonstrates a reconstruction algorithm that combines both attenuation and scatter measurements. The results suggest that including Compton-scattered data in the reconstruction process can improve image quality for few-view systems.
Abdulla Desmal,Brian H. Tracey,Hamideh Rezaee,Eric L. Miller,Jeffrey R. Schubert,Jeff Denker, andAaron Couture
"Sparse view Compton scatter tomography with energy resolved data: experimental and simulation results", Proc. SPIE 10187, Anomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) II, 1018707 (1 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266688
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Abdulla Desmal, Brian H. Tracey, Hamideh Rezaee, Eric L. Miller, Jeffrey R. Schubert, Jeff Denker, Aaron Couture, "Sparse view Compton scatter tomography with energy resolved data: experimental and simulation results," Proc. SPIE 10187, Anomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) II, 1018707 (1 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266688