Presentation 2022-07-08
Derivation of Blur Function of CT Image on the Basis of Stochastic Differential Equation
Kuniharu Imai, Yuki Yamamoto, Kengo Igarashi, Keisuke Fujii, Chiyo Kawaura, Shigeru Matsushima,
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Abstract(in English) Recently, various algorisms for reducing image noise on CT images have been developed and made it possible to depict a tiny and subtle lesion. On the other hand, it is well known that image signals on CT images were blurred by using noise reduction algorisms. Until now, Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) is the most commonly used method in quantitative evaluation of image sharpness of CT images and is adaptable to linear processing images. Therefore, sharpness of CT images reconstructed by various noise reduction algorisms, which are non-linear processing, cannot be evaluated using MTF. In this study, we have devised new method for evaluating sharpness of CT images on the bases of the stochastic differential equation.
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Keyword(in English) Quantitative Evaluation of Image Sharpness / Stochastic Differential Equation / Blur Function
Paper # IMQ2022-8,HIP2022-39
Date of Issue 2022-07-01 (IMQ, HIP)

Conference Information
Committee IMQ / HIP
Conference Date 2022/7/8(1days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Satellite Campus, Sapporo City University
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Image Media Quality and Human Information Processing
Chair Kenya Uomori(Osaka Univ.) / Yuji Wada(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Vice Chair Mitsuru Maeda(Canon) / Hiroyuki Umemoto(AIST) / Sachiko Kiyokawa(Nagoya Univ.)
Secretary Mitsuru Maeda(Nagoya Univ.) / Hiroyuki Umemoto(NTT) / Sachiko Kiyokawa(Kyushu Univ.)
Assistant Masato Tsukada(Univ. of Tsukuba) / Takashi Yamazoe(Seikei Univ.) / Ippei Negishi(Kanazawa Inst. of Tech.) / Daisuke Tanaka(Tottori Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Image Media Quality / Technical Committee on Human Information Processing
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Derivation of Blur Function of CT Image on the Basis of Stochastic Differential Equation
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Quantitative Evaluation of Image Sharpness
Keyword(2) Stochastic Differential Equation
Keyword(3) Blur Function
1st Author's Name Kuniharu Imai
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
2nd Author's Name Yuki Yamamoto
2nd Author's Affiliation Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center(Fujita Health Univ)
3rd Author's Name Kengo Igarashi
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
4th Author's Name Keisuke Fujii
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
5th Author's Name Chiyo Kawaura
5th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
6th Author's Name Shigeru Matsushima
6th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
Date 2022-07-08
Paper # IMQ2022-8,HIP2022-39
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) IMQ-100,HIP-101
Page pp.pp.21-26(IMQ), pp.21-26(HIP),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2022-07-01 (IMQ, HIP)