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Sun T, Yu M, Yu L, Deng D, Chen M, Lin H, Chen S, Chang C, Chen X. Iterative Reconstruction Algorithms in Magneto-Acousto-Electrical Computed Tomography (MAE-CT) for Image Quality Improvement. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2024; 71:669-678. [PMID: 37698962 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2023.3314617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
Abstract
Magneto-acousto-electrical computed tomography (MAE-CT) is a recently developed rotational magneto-acousto-electrical tomography (MAET) method, which can map the conductivity parameter of tissues with high spatial resolution. Since the imaging mode of MAE-CT is similar to that of CT, the reconstruction algorithms for CT are possible to be adopted for MAE-CT. Previous studies have demonstrated that the filtered back-projection (FBP) algorithm, which is one of the most common CT reconstruction algorithms, can be used for MAE-CT reconstruction. However, FBP has some inherent shortcomings of being sensitive to noise and non-uniform distribution of views. In this study, we introduced iterative reconstruction (IR) method in MAE-CT reconstruction and compared its performance with that of the FBP. The numerical simulation, the phantom, and in vitro experiments were performed, and several IR algorithms (ART, SART, SIRT) were used for reconstruction. The results show that the images reconstructed by the FBP and IR are similar when the data is noise-free in the simulation. As the noise level increases, the images reconstructed by SART and SIRT are more robust to the noise than FBP. In the phantom experiment, noise and some stripe artifacts caused by the FBP are removed by SART and SIRT algorithms. In conclusion, the IR method used in CT is applicable in MAE-CT, and it performs better than FBP, which indicates that the state-of-the-art achievements in the CT algorithm can also be adopted for the MAE-CT reconstruction in the future.
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Lu C, Yang A, Xia F, Liu G, Zhao H, Zhang W, Li Y, Liu J, Ma G, Xia H. Liquid metal injected from interstitial channels for inhibiting subcutaneous hepatoma growth and improving MRI/MAT image contrast. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1019592. [PMID: 36479081 PMCID: PMC9720740 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1019592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 08/14/2023] Open
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Objective Liquid metal (LM) nowadays is considered a new biomedical material for medical treatment. The most common application of LM in medical therapy is taking LM as a carrier for oncology therapeutics. However, the feasibility and direct effect of LM in tumor treatment are still unknown, and how to delineate the negative resection margin (NRM) of the tumor is also a crucial problem in surgery. We aimed to inject LM into interstitial channels of extremities of mice to overlay the surface of the primary tumor to investigate the effect of LM on inhibiting tumor growth and highlight the NRM of the tumor. Methods In this study, all 50 BALB/c-nude female mice were used to construct the transplanted HepG2-type hepatocellular carcinoma model. One week after the establishment of the model, the mice were divided into three groups, named LM group, PBS group and Control group by injecting different liquid materials into the forelimb interstitial channel of the mice. T2WI image on MRI and Magneto-acoustic tomography (MAT) were used to show the distribution of LM and PBS in vivo. The group comparisons of tumor growth and blood tests were evaluated by one-way ANOVA and post-hoc analysis. And the biocompatibility of LM to BALB/c nude mice was evaluated by histopathological analysis of LM group and control group. Results The volume change ratio of tumor was significantly lower in LM group than in PBS and Control group after 10 days of grouping. Compared with PBS and Control group, the main indexes of blood tests in LM group were significantly lower and close to normal level. In addition, the distribution of LM in vivo could be clearly observed under T2WI anatomic images and the crossprofile of the tumor in MAT. LM also has a obvious contrast in MRI T2WI and enhanced the amplitude of imaging signal in MAT. Conclusion LM may inhibit the growth of transplanted hepatoma tumor through tumor encapsulation. In vivo, tumor imaging and LM distribution imaging were achieved by MRI T2WI, which verified that LM injected with interstitial injection made the NRM of tumor more prominent and had the potential of being MRI contrast agent. At the same time, LM could also be a new conductive medium to improve the imaging quality of MAT. Moreover, LM performed mild biocompatibility.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chaosen Lu
- Department of Engineering Electromagnetic Field and Its Application, Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Artemisinin Research Center, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Electromagnetic Field and Its Application, Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Engineering Electromagnetic Field and Its Application, Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Electromagnetic Field and Its Application, Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Engineering Electromagnetic Field and Its Application, Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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