Photon-counting CT for simultaneous imaging of multiple contrast agents in the abdomen: An in vivo study.

Autor: Symons R; Radiology Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA., Krauss B; Computed Tomography Division, Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Forchheim, Germany., Sahbaee P; Imaging and Therapy Systems, Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., Malvern, PA, USA., Cork TE; Radiology Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA., Lakshmanan MN; Radiology Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA., Bluemke DA; Radiology Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA., Pourmorteza A; Radiology Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medical physics [Med Phys] 2017 Oct; Vol. 44 (10), pp. 5120-5127. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 20.
DOI: 10.1002/mp.12301
Abstrakt: Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of spectral imaging using photon-counting detector (PCD) x-ray computed tomography (CT) for simultaneous material decomposition of three contrast agents in vivo in a large animal model.
Methods: This Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee-approved study used a canine model. Bismuth subsalicylate was administered orally 24-72 h before imaging. PCD CT was performed during intravenous administration of 40-60 ml gadoterate meglumine; 3.5 min later, iopamidol 370 was injected intravenously. Renal PCD CT images were acquired every 2 s for 5-6 min to capture the wash-in and wash-out kinetics of the contrast agents. Least mean squares linear material decomposition was used to calculate the concentrations of contrast agents in the aorta, renal cortex, renal medulla and renal pelvis.
Results: Using reference vials with known concentrations of materials, we computed molar concentrations of the various contrast agents during each phase of CT scanning. Material concentration maps allowed simultaneous quantification of both arterial and delayed renal enhancement in a single CT acquisition. The accuracy of the material decomposition algorithm in a test phantom was -0.4 ± 2.2 mM, 0.3 ± 2.2 mM for iodine and gadolinium solutions, respectively. Peak contrast concentration of gadolinium and iodine in the aorta, renal cortex, and renal medulla were observed 16, 24, and 60 s after the start each injection, respectively.
Conclusion: Photon-counting spectral CT allowed simultaneous material decomposition of multiple contrast agents in vivo. Besides defining contrast agent concentrations, tissue enhancement at multiple phases was observed in a single CT acquisition, potentially obviating the need for multiphase CT scans and thus reducing radiation dose.
(© 2017 American Association of Physicists in Medicine.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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