Resolution Enhancement of

CT Images Using Multiple

Low Resolution Sub-pixel
Shifted Images
Presented by
Mohammad Ariful Haque
Department of EEE
Bangladesh University of Engineering
and Technology

Introduction

omputed tomography (CT) is a medical imaging

odality to obtain the internal cross-sectional image o
human body using x-ray projection data.
Two major concerns of CT imaging are

Radiation dose
Computational time

Challenges to overcome
Reducing the radiation dose increases
the image noise
Reducing the computational time
lowers the image resolution

Computed Tomography :
Overview
X-ray
source

Detecto
r

Signal of steps involved in

Block diagram
Reconstruct
Processin
Display
ion
CT imaging g

Literature Review
There are two main approaches of CT
image reconstruction:
(i) Filtered back-projection (FBP)
technique
(ii) Iterative reconstruction (IR)
technique such as SART.
FBP technique is computationally
efficient but requires more radiation
dose as compare to IR.
IR technique requires lass radiation

Proposed Method : Basic

Concept
Sub-pixel Shifted
Images
Two images of the
same scene shifted
by a fraction are
sub-pixel shifted
images.
Contains new
information about
the same scene.

Proposed Method
Reconstruction of Sub-pixel Shifted LR
Image.
HR Image Reconstruction

Reconstruction of Sub-pixel Shifted

Image

HR image Reconstruction
By cubic interpolation,
we produce an HR
image from each of
the LR images.

The images are then aligned accordingly and

the final HR image is formed as a weighted
combination of all the interpolated images

Simulation Result : Phantom

Image

SART (PSNR = 22.05 dB)

PROPOSED (PSNR = 22.81 dB)

NOISE-FREE CONDITION

Simulation Result : Phantom

Image

SART (PSNR = 20.42 dB)

PROPOSED (PSNR = 21.53 dB)

SNR = 28 dB

Simulation Result : Phantom

Image

SART (PSNR =
18.43 dB)

PROPOSED (PSNR = 20.75 dB)

SNR = 22 dB

Simulation Result : Chest

Image

SART (PSNR = 19.55 dB)

PROPOSED (PSNR = 25.42 dB)

NOISE-FREE CONDITION

Conclusion
The proposed method can produce
better image quality as compared to
conventional technique without
increasing the radiation dose
Since we reconstruct image from low
resolution images, the overall
reconstruction time is less than that
of conventional technique for
identical image size.

Thank You