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Image quality, diagnostic accuracy, and potential for radiation dose reduction in thoracoabdominal CT, using Sinogram Affirmed Iterative Reconstruction (SAFIRE) technique in a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To step-wise evaluate image quality of sinogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction (SAFIRE) in reduced-dose (RD) thoracoabdominal computed tomography (CT) compared to full-dose (FD) and RD filtered back projection (FBP) in a longitudinal study.

Materials and methods

122 patients were included in this prospective study. 49 patients (14 men: mean age ± SD, 56±0.4 years; 35 women: 58±1.3 years) completed FD, RD1 (80%-dose) and RD2 (60%-dose) thoracoabdominal CT. Each CT dataset was reconstructed with FBP and SAFIRE. For quantitative image analysis image noise was measured in defined tissue regions. Qualitative image evaluation was performed according to the European Guidelines on Quality criteria for CT. Additionally artifacts, lesion conspicuity, and edge sharpness were assessed.

Results

Compared to FD-FBP noise in soft tissue increased by 12% in RD1-FBP and 27% in RD2-FBP reconstructions, whereas SAFIRE lead to a decrease of 28% (RD1) and 17% (RD2), respectively (all p <0.001). Visually sharp reproduction, lesion conspicuity, edge sharpness of pathologic findings, and overall image quality did not differ statistically significant between FD-FBP and RD-SAFIRE datasets. Image quality decreased in RD1- and RD2-FBP compared to FD-FBP, reaching statistically significance in RD2 datasets (p <0.001). In RD1- and RD2-FBP (p <0.001) streak artifacts were noted.

Conclusion

Using SAFIRE the reference mAs in thoracoabdominal CT can be reduced by at least 30% in clinical routine without loss of image quality or diagnostic information.

SUBMITTER: Scharf M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5498038 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Image quality, diagnostic accuracy, and potential for radiation dose reduction in thoracoabdominal CT, using Sinogram Affirmed Iterative Reconstruction (SAFIRE) technique in a longitudinal study.

Scharf Michael M Brendel Stephanie S Melzer Katja K Hentschke Christian C May Matthias M Uder Michael M Lell Michael M MM

PloS one 20170705 7

<h4>Objective</h4>To step-wise evaluate image quality of sinogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction (SAFIRE) in reduced-dose (RD) thoracoabdominal computed tomography (CT) compared to full-dose (FD) and RD filtered back projection (FBP) in a longitudinal study.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>122 patients were included in this prospective study. 49 patients (14 men: mean age ± SD, 56±0.4 years; 35 women: 58±1.3 years) completed FD, RD1 (80%-dose) and RD2 (60%-dose) thoracoabdominal CT. Each CT data ...[more]

PMID: 28678818

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