Author Affiliations
1School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100191, China2Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic of neutron exterior CT scan
Fig. 2. Schematic of external CT scan phantom. (a) Phantom; (b) scanning process; (c) sinusoidal image
Fig. 3. Images reconstructed by different algorithms. (a) FBP algorithm; (b) SART algorithm
Fig. 4. Calculation method of local directional difference
[23]. (a) Coordinate system of local directional difference; (b) calculation method of local directional difference
Fig. 5. Calculation method of local directional difference in improved method. (a) Coordinate system of local directional difference; (b) calculation method of local directional difference
Fig. 6. Reconstruction results of different algorithms. (a) SART algorithm; (b) SART-TV algorithm; (c) SART-WDTV algorithm
Fig. 7. Comparison of reconstruction results of different algorithms. (a) SART-WDTV algorithm; (b) improved SART-WDTV algorithm
Fig. 8. Complete projected sinogram and reconstructed image of gear sample. (a) Complete projected sinogram; (b) reconstructed image
Fig. 9. Reconstruction images of gear sample by different algorithms. (a) Sinogram after symmetrical complement data; (b) FBP algorithm; (c) sinogram obtained by exterior CT scan; (d) SART algorithm
Fig. 10. Gear sample reconstruction image with different algorithms. (a) SART-TV algorithm; (b) SART-WDTV algorithm; (c) improved SART-WDTV algorithm
Fig. 11. Local magnification results of reconstructed images with different algorithms. (a) Complete data reconstruction; (b) SART-TV algorithm; (c) SART-WDTV algorithm; (d) improved SART-WDTV algorithm
Fig. 12. RMSE curves obtained by different reconstruction algorithms
Scanning mode | Unit size of detector /pixel | Detector width /pixel | Scanning angular range /(°) | Number of projected views | Phantom size /(pixel×pixel) |
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2D parallel beam | 1 | 128 | 0-360 | 720 | 512×512 |
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Table 1. Parameters of external CT scan phantom
Algorithm | MSE | PSNR |
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SART | 1319.476 | 16.927 | SART-TV | 1034.756 | 17.982 | SART-WDTV | 874.630 | 18.713 | Improved SART-WDTV | 828.189 | 18.950 |
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Table 2. MSE and PSNR of images reconstructed by different algorithms