<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div>1/ No, it's probably not the best input for generating DRRs. I would suggest to put air at ~0 by adding -1024 to all pixel values.</div><div>2/ The output are line integrals. Fluoroscopic images should follow the Beer Lambert law so the best would be to chose take the exponential of the opposite. However, you should then be careful in your conversion of the HU, having water at 1024 would not be numerically complicated. So multiply the HU+1024 values by a scalar which would put water at a reasonable value, e.g. 0.01879/1024, where 0.01879 / mm is the linear attenuation coefficient of water at 75 keV.</div><div>I hope this helps,</div><div>Simon<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:53 AM Kobe Bamps <<a href="mailto:kobe_bamps@hotmail.com">kobe_bamps@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am using the JosephForwardProjection of RTK through python wrapper. I am trying to generate realistic fluoroscopic images from a chest CT-volume. I’ve setup the image spacing and pixels based on the dimensions of the
detector of a c-arm. I can generate projections over different angles.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Question 1: Should the intensity values of the input volume be expressed in Houndsfield Units? In other words, should the intensity values range between -1024 HU and 3071 HU?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Question 2: What is the best practice to generate positive projection of the CT-volume instead of a negative projection (like on x-ray display devices or fluoroscopes. Bones are black, air is white)?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could answer on my questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I apologize if I am vague on any points or if anything is unclear, please let me know.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kobe<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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