Data of CT bow tie filter profiles from three modern CT scanners.

ABSTRACT: As one of the key hardware components in Computed Tomography (CT) scanners, a bowtie filter reduces unnecessary radiation dose to the peripheries of a patient and equalizes radiation signal to the detector. Knowledge of the exact profiles from different bowtie filters are critical to model the imaging process of CT scanners and to estimate patient dose. However, bowtie filter profiles remain proprietary to most CT vendors. The data of bowtie profiles reported here were directly measured using a solid-state linear-array detector from three modern CT scanners (GE Revolution, Philips iQon, and Toshiba Aquilion ONE Vision. The detailed method, including associated geometrical calibration and data validation, was previously published. This data article is mainly to present the updated bowtie profile data measured after our previous publication.

SUBMITTER: Yang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706760 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature