A Realistic Collimated X-Ray Image Simulation Pipeline

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Main Authors: El-Zein, Benjamin, Eckert, Dominik, Weber, Thomas, Rohleder, Maximilian, Ritschl, Ludwig, Kappler, Steffen, Maier, Andreas
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Published: 2024
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author El-Zein, Benjamin
Eckert, Dominik
Weber, Thomas
Rohleder, Maximilian
Ritschl, Ludwig
Kappler, Steffen
Maier, Andreas
author_facet El-Zein, Benjamin
Eckert, Dominik
Weber, Thomas
Rohleder, Maximilian
Ritschl, Ludwig
Kappler, Steffen
Maier, Andreas
contents Collimator detection remains a challenging task in X-ray systems with unreliable or non-available information about the detectors position relative to the source. This paper presents a physically motivated image processing pipeline for simulating the characteristics of collimator shadows in X-ray images. By generating randomized labels for collimator shapes and locations, incorporating scattered radiation simulation, and including Poisson noise, the pipeline enables the expansion of limited datasets for training deep neural networks. We validate the proposed pipeline by a qualitative and quantitative comparison against real collimator shadows. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that utilizing simulated data within our deep learning framework not only serves as a suitable substitute for actual collimators but also enhances the generalization performance when applied to real-world data.
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spellingShingle A Realistic Collimated X-Ray Image Simulation Pipeline
El-Zein, Benjamin
Eckert, Dominik
Weber, Thomas
Rohleder, Maximilian
Ritschl, Ludwig
Kappler, Steffen
Maier, Andreas
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Physics
Collimator detection remains a challenging task in X-ray systems with unreliable or non-available information about the detectors position relative to the source. This paper presents a physically motivated image processing pipeline for simulating the characteristics of collimator shadows in X-ray images. By generating randomized labels for collimator shapes and locations, incorporating scattered radiation simulation, and including Poisson noise, the pipeline enables the expansion of limited datasets for training deep neural networks. We validate the proposed pipeline by a qualitative and quantitative comparison against real collimator shadows. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that utilizing simulated data within our deep learning framework not only serves as a suitable substitute for actual collimators but also enhances the generalization performance when applied to real-world data.
title A Realistic Collimated X-Ray Image Simulation Pipeline
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10308