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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 786281, 18 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/786281
Research Article

CT Metal Artifact Reduction Method Based on Improved Image Segmentation and Sinogram In-Painting

Yang Chen,1,2,3 Yinsheng Li,1,2,3 Hong Guo,4 Yining Hu,1,2,3 Limin Luo,1,2 Xindao Yin,5 Jianping Gu,5 and Christine Toumoulin2,3

1Laboratory of Image Science and Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
2Centre de Recherche en Information Biomedicale Sino-Francais (LIA CRIBs), 35042 Rennes, France
3Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image (LTSI) INSERM U642, Université de Rennes I, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
4Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjing 300052, China
5Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China

Received 21 February 2012; Revised 25 June 2012; Accepted 27 June 2012

Academic Editor: Fatih Yaman

Copyright © 2012 Yang Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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