Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology
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Volume 71, Issue 11
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  • Examination of Visual Effect in Low-dose Cerebral CT Perfusion Phantom Image Using Iterative Reconstruction
    Tomomi Ohmura, Yongbum Lee, Noriyuki Takahashi, Yuichiro Sato, Takato ...
    2015 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 1063-1069
    Published: 2015
    Released on J-STAGE: November 20, 2015
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.2015_JSRT_71.11.1063
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    CT perfusion (CTP) is obtained cerebrovascular circulation image for assessment of stroke patients; however, at the expense of increased radiation dose by dynamic scan. Iterative reconstruction (IR) method is possible to decrease image noise, it has the potential to reduce radiation dose. The purpose of this study is to assess the visual effect of IR method by using a digital perfusion phantom. The digital perfusion phantom was created by reconstructed filtered back projection (FBP) method and IR method CT images that had five exposure doses. Various exposure dose cerebral blood flow (CBF) images were derived from deconvolution algorithm. Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and visual assessment were compared among the various exposure dose and each reconstructions. Result of low exposure dose with IR method showed, compared with FBP method, high CNR in severe ischemic area, and visual assessment was significantly improvement. IR method is useful for improving image quality of low-dose CTP.
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  • Evaluation of Resolution Correction in Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Reconstruction Method Using a Body Phantom: Study of Three Different Models
    Yukito Maeda, Akio Nagaki, Yoshihiro Komi, Nobukazu Abe, Shinya Kashim ...
    2015 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 1070-1079
    Published: 2015
    Released on J-STAGE: November 20, 2015
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.2015_JSRT_71.11.1070
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    Purpose: The aim of this studywas to evaluate the resolution recoverytechniques of Flash3D, Astonish, and Evolution in single photon emission computed tomography(SPECT) using a body phantom. Methods: We scanned a National Electrical Manufactures Association body phantom filled with 99mTc. The bodyof the phantom with radioactive sphere and background was filled with either water or radioactive solution. We investigated image qualityusing profile curves, recoverycoefficient, and image contrast. Results: The profile curve at the edge of the hot sphere showed artifact due to Gibbs oscillation for all techniques, and also over estimation of recovery coefficient was seen in the hot sphere, as had been previouslyreported in a simulation study. These phenomena were more remarkable than Evolution in the Flash3D and Astonish techniques. For the contrast between hot sphere and background, the contrast recover was enough for the <17-mm hot spheres. These results showed that the effect of contrast correction was less as the radius of rotation diameter became large. Conclusion: In the present studyusing the body phantom, overestimated counts and edge artifacts due to Gibbs oscillation were shown. These phenomena were different byeach resolution correction algorithms. Also, there were limitation regarding image quality improvement byresolution correction depending on sphere size and length of radius of rotation.
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  • Evaluation of Vessel Depictability in Compressed Sensing MR Angiography Using Numerical Phantom Model
    Toshiki Saito, Yoshio Machida, Kota Miyamoto, Yuki Ichinoseki
    2015 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 1080-1089
    Published: 2015
    Released on J-STAGE: November 20, 2015
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.2015_JSRT_71.11.1080
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    As an acceleration technique for use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), compressed sensing MRI (CSMRI) was introduced recently to obtain MR images from undersampled k-space data. Images generated using a nonlinear iterative procedure based on sophisticated theory in informatics using data sparsity have complicated characteristics. Therefore, the factors affecting image quality (IQ) in CS-MRI must be elucidated. This article specifically describes the examination of the IQ of clinically important MR angiography (MRA). For MRA, the depictability of thin blood vessels is extremely important, but quantitative evaluation of thin blood vessel depictability is difficult. Therefore, we conducted numerical experiments using a simple numerical phantom model mimicking the cerebral arteries so that the experimental conditions, including the thin vessel positions, can be given. Results show that vessel depictability changed depending on the noise intensity when the wavelet transform was used as the sparsifying transform. Decreased vessel depictability might present difficulties at the clinical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level. Therefore, selecting data acquisition and reconstruction conditions carefully in terms of the SNR is crucially important for CS-MRI study.
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Clinical Technologies
  • Usefulness of Iterative Reconstruction Method in the Field of Acute Cerebral Infarction Computed Tomography Examination
    Keiji Tada, Koji Uchida, Hidekazu Kanayama, Takafumi Kajitani, Yasushi ...
    2015 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 1090-1095
    Published: 2015
    Released on J-STAGE: November 20, 2015
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.2015_JSRT_71.11.1090
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    We evaluated clinical images to investigate the usefulness of adaptive iterative dose reduction algorithm (AIDR) in the field of acute cerebral infarction. We did receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis by 4 radiologists using 50 clinical images (abnormal case=24, normal case=26) which were reconstructed by AIDR and filtered back projection (FBP). The area under the curve (AUC) value from average ROC curve of observers were 0.79 with the FBP and 0.87 with the AIDR (P=0.31). The standard deviation of AUC was 0.06 with the FBP and 0.03 with the AIDR. More in detail, the AUC value of Expert group (over 10 years of experience) increased to 0.06 by using AIDR compared with FBP method. On the other hand, in Beginner group (less than 10 years of experience) there was 0.09 increase. Therefore, there was some possibility to reduce the variation of diagnostic accuracy among observer and the diagnostic accuracy improvement of the doctor in a few Experience group, by using AIDR for acute cerebral infarction computed tomography (CT) examination.
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  • Effect of Reconstruction Technique for Metal Artifact Reduction in Computed Tomography by Changing Display Field of View
    Shinobu Nakamura, Hidemichi Kawata, Hidefumi Kuroki, Asumi Mizoguchi
    2015 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 1096-1102
    Published: 2015
    Released on J-STAGE: November 20, 2015
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.2015_JSRT_71.11.1096
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    We evaluated the effect of orthopedic-metal artifact reduction (O-MAR) for metal artifact in computed tomography with 73 simulated seeds for brachytherapy in different sizes of display field of view (DFOV) obtained by helical scan under the same clinical scan condition. The metal artifacts were analyzed with the Gumbel's method by changing DFOV sizes 80 mm, 160 mm, and 320 mm. Gumbel distribution, scale parameter (γ), and location parameter (β) of the metal artifacts with O-MARwere compared with that of the metal artifacts with filtered back projection (FBP). In conclusion, it was considered that the effect of metal artifact reduction with O-MARwas influenced by DFOV size in this study. The reduction rates of scale parameter (γ) were 22.3%, 21.3%, and 10.0% in DFOV 80 mm, 160 mm, and 320 mm, respectively. The reduction rates of location parameter (β) were 27.4%, 23.4 %, and 9.8%. Therefore, the effect of metal artifact reduction with O-MARshowed the tendency of increasing with decreasing DFOV size.
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  • The Optimal Reconstruction Parameters by Scatter and Attenuation Corrections Using Multi-focus Collimator System in Thallium-201 Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Study
    Takayuki Shibutani, Masahisa Onoguchi, Risa Funayama, Kenichi Nakajima ...
    2015 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 1103-1112
    Published: 2015
    Released on J-STAGE: November 20, 2015
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.2015_JSRT_71.11.1103
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    The aim of this study was to reveal the optimal reconstruction parameters of ordered subset conjugates gradient minimizer (OSCGM) by no correction (NC), attenuation correction (AC), and AC+scatter correction (ACSC) using IQ-single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system in thallium-201 myocardial perfusion SPECT. Myocardial phantom acquired two patterns, with or without defect. Myocardial images were performed 5-point scale visual score and quantitative evaluations using contrast, uptake, and uniformity about the subset and update (subset×iteration) of OSCGM and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of Gaussian filter by three corrections. We decided on optimal reconstruction parameters of OSCGM by three corrections. The number of subsets to create suitable images were 3 or 5 for NC and AC, 2 or 3 for ACSC. The updates to create suitable images were 30 or 40 for NC, 40 or 60 for AC, and 30 for ACSC. Furthermore, the FWHM of Gaussian filters were 9.6 mm or 12 mm for NC and ACSC, 7.2 mm or 9.6 mm for AC. In conclusion, the following optimal reconstruction parameters of OSCGM were decided; NC: subset 5, iteration 8 and FWHM 9.6 mm, AC: subset 5, iteration 8 and FWHM 7.2 mm, ACSC: subset 3, iteration 10 and FWHM 9.6 mm.
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