Quantitative stability with patient size, dose, and kVp in spectral detector CT for pediatric imaging

Leening P. Liu; Nadav Shapira; Kai Mei; Peter B. Noël

doi:10.1117/12.2581059

15 February 2021 Quantitative stability with patient size, dose, and kVp in spectral detector CT for pediatric imaging

Leening P. Liu, Nadav Shapira, Kai Mei, Peter B. Noël

Proceedings Volume 11595, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging; 115952S (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581059
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2021, Online Only

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Pediatric imaging utilizes the quantitative capabilities of CT to guide clinical decision making and treatment, but image quality is heavily affected by variation in patient sizes and the need for lower dose scans. Dual energy CT generates spectral results such as virtual monoenergetic images (VMI), electron density (ED), and effective atomic number (Zeff) that enhance material characterization and quantification. Though it has not been extensively explored, application of DECT to pediatric imaging may allow increased stability in quantitative measures with varying patient size, dose, and tube voltage. To examine the dependency of size, dose, and tube voltage, a phantom with tissue-mimicking inserts was scanned with dual-layer spectral detector CT with different extension rings to simulate different pediatric patient sizes. Each size configuration was subsequently scanned at CTDIvol of 9, 6, and 3 mGy with 100 and 120 kVp to obtain conventional CT and spectral results. Overall, both VMI and ED values were accurately quantified. VMI at 70 keV and 9 mGy demonstrated smaller differences among patient size and kVp compared to conventional images. Low dose dependency relative to 9 mGy was also present for VMI. Similarly, ED and Zeff showed low dependency on patient size, dose, and kVp and maintained material differentiability. Stability of these spectral results with different patient sizes, doses, and tube voltages illustrates the potential application of spectral detector CT to pediatric patients not only to improve the consistency of quantitative measures across patient sizes but also to allow lower doses without impairing quantification.

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Leening P. Liu, Nadav Shapira, Kai Mei, and Peter B. Noël "Quantitative stability with patient size, dose, and kVp in spectral detector CT for pediatric imaging", Proc. SPIE 11595, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging, 115952S (15 February 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581059

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