Metal artifacts : step 1

When performing CT scans on samples containing high density precipitates, we can observe metal artifacts. 

These artifacts interfere with the digital correlation image analysis.

Fig.1 : bilateral hip replacement metal artifact  

My first task will be to write a code in order to reduce the artifacts.

I have started my work by reading those interesting publications :

• Metal Artifact Reduction
• GE WANG, SNYDER, D.L. Iterative deblurring for CT metal artifact reduction. ieee transactions on medical imaging, Oct 1996, vol. 15, n°5, p. 657-664