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We present a concept for propagating uncertainty in X-ray computed tomography (CT) by a Monte Carlo Reconstruction (MCR) technique, comprising repeated reconstructions with varying input parameters. The proposed technique follows the framework for model-based X-ray CT uncertainty assessment per the Monte Carlo Method (JCGM 101), although provides several advantages over the conventional implementation, which relies on simulating all individual steps in the X-ray CT measurement procedure and therefore considered to be impractical due to its high computational demand. The proposed method requires only a single set of simulated projections. For each Monte Carlo trial, the instrument geometrical parameters in a filtered back projection reconstruction algorithm are randomly sampled from specified uncertainty distributions. The output is a four-dimensional volumetric model where each voxel, defined by its three-dimensional indices, is represented by a distribution of reconstructed gray values. We reduce the four-dimensional volumetric model to three single-gray-value voxel models by calculating descriptive statistics: a voxel-wise lower gray confidence limit, a central gray value, and an upper gray value confidence limit. Dimensional measurements performed on the surfaces determined from each single-gray-value model provide insight on the effect of uncertainty in the instrument geometry. The proposed approach requires significantly less computations and data storage per Monte Carlo trial and provides a straight-forward way to relate uncertainties in reconstructed gray values to uncertainties in subsequent dimensional measurements. This, in turn, facilitates the practical application of the Monte Carlo Method in X-ray CT. We implement MCR to determine uncertainty distributions in the simulated X-ray CT measurement of a simple cube and an impeller due to uncertainties in the instrument geometry. Possible extension of MCR to other sources of uncertainty in the X-ray CT measurement process is discussed in the conclusions.
Citation
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology
Ferrucci, M.
, Ametova, E.
and Dewulf, W.
(2021),
Monte Carlo Reconstruction: a concept for propagating uncertainty in computed tomography, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, [online], https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ac07db
(Accessed December 7, 2024)