Development of CT Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithm for use in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System

• Main Authors: Abdul Aziz, Mohd Zahri, Osman, Noor Diyana, Salikin, Md Saion, Yusoff, A.L.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: RA440-440.87 Study and teaching. Research
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/37534/1/Development_of_CT_Metal_Artifact_Reducti.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/37534/

Computed Tomography (CT) images serve many benefit in radiology as well as radiotherapy treatment. Unfortunately the metal type inhomogeneities such as metal amalgam results a metal streak artifact in the images and thus raise errors in treatment planning system (TPS) [1,2]. In radiotherapy erro...