Photon-counting detector CT allows significant reduction in radiation dose while maintaining image quality and noise on non-contrast chest CT

Autor: Achala Donuru, Tetsuro Araki, Farouk Dako, Jaydev K. Dave, Raul Porto Perez, Dongming Xu, Arun C. Nachiappan, Eduardo Mortani Barbosa, Jr, Peter Noel, Harold Litt, Friedrich Knollman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
Předmět:
Zdroj: European Journal of Radiology Open, Vol 11, Iss , Pp 100538- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2352-0477
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2023.100538
Popis: Purpose: To investigate if clinical non-contrast chest CT studies obtained with PCD CT using much lower radiation exposure can achieve the same image quality as with the currently established EID protocol. Materials/methods: A total of seventy-one patients were identified who had a non-contrast chest computed tomography (CT) done on PCD CT and EID CT scanners within a 4-month interval. Five fellowship trained chest radiologists, blinded to the scanner details were asked to review the cases side-by-side and record their preference for images from either the photon-counting-detector (PCD) CT or the energy-integrating detector (EID) CT scanner. Results: The median CTDIvol for PCD-CT system was 4.710 mGy and EID system was 7.80 mGy (p
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals