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| Title |
Determination of a suitable low‐dose abdominopelvic CT protocol using model‐based iterative reconstruction through cadaveric study
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| Published in |
Journal of Medical Imaging & Radiation Oncology, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1111/1754-9485.12733 |
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| Authors |
Fiachra Moloney, Maria Twomey, Daniel Fama, Joy Y Balta, Karl James, Richard G Kavanagh, Niamh Moore, Mary Jane Murphy, Siobhan M O'Mahony, Michael M Maher, John F Cryan, Owen J O'Connor |
| Abstract |
Cadaveric studies provide a means of safely assessing new technologies and optimizing scanning prior to clinical validation. Reducing radiation exposure in a clinical setting can entail incremental dose reductions to avoid missing important clinical findings. The use of cadavers allows assessment of the impact of more substantial dose reductions on image quality. Our aim was to identify a suitable low-dose abdominopelvic CT protocol for subsequent clinical validation. Five human cadavers were scanned at one conventional dose and three low-dose settings. All scans were reconstructed using three different reconstruction algorithms: filtered back projection (FBP), hybrid iterative reconstruction (60% FBP and 40% adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR40)), and model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR). Two readers rated the image quality both quantitatively and qualitatively. Model-based iterative reconstruction images had significantly better objective image noise and higher qualitative scores compared with both FBP and ASIR40 images at all dose levels. The greatest absolute noise reduction, between MBIR and FBP, of 34.3 HU (equating to a 68% reduction) was at the lowest dose level. MBIR reduced image noise and improved image quality even in CT images acquired with a mean radiation dose reduction of 62% compared with conventional dose studies reconstructed with ASIR40, with lower levels of objective image noise, superior diagnostic acceptability and contrast resolution, and comparable subjective image noise and streak artefact scores. This cadaveric study demonstrates that MBIR reduces image noise and improves image quality in abdominopelvic CT images acquired with dose reductions of up to 62%. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 18 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 18 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 17% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 22% |
| Unknown | 4 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 8 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
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