New organ-based tube current modulation method to reduce the radiation dose during computed tomography of the head: evaluation of image quality and radiation dose to the eyes in the phantom study
- Authors
- Kim, Jung-Su; Kwon, Soon-Mu; Kim, Jung-Min; Yoon, Sang-Wook
- Issue Date
- 8월-2017
- Publisher
- SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
- Keywords
- New organ-based tube current modulation; Radiation dose; Computed tomography; Dose reduction; Image quality
- Citation
- RADIOLOGIA MEDICA, v.122, no.8, pp.601 - 608
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- SCIE
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- Journal Title
- RADIOLOGIA MEDICA
- Volume
- 122
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 601
- End Page
- 608
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/82626
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11547-017-0755-5
- ISSN
- 0033-8362
- Abstract
- A new organ-based tube current modulation (NOB-TCM) method was designed with the intent to decrease tube current by 30% over a prescribed 90 degrees radial arc across the anterior aspect of the radiosensitive organ, without increasing tube current in the remaining radial arc. We compared a reference scan and five other dose-reducing methods with regard to effects on dose, practicality, and image quality to determine the most effective method for the reduction of the radiation dose to the eyes during CT examinations of the head. We compared the radiation doses to the eyes and physical image quality in different regions of interest for TCM and shielding scans. Three types of TCM scans were performed: longitudinal TCM, angular TCM, and NOB-TCM. A bismuth sheet and lead goggles were each applied for the shielding scan. Relative to the reference scan, the dose to the eye was reduced to 25.88% with NOB-TCM, 44.53% with lead goggles, and 36.91% with a bismuth shield. Relative to the reference scan, the mean signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was decreased to 8.02% with NOB-TCM, 28.36% with lead goggles, and 32.95% with the bismuth shield. The SNR of the anterior region of interest was decreased to 11.89% with NOB-TCM and 87.89% with the bismuth shield. The average figure of merit was increased by 11.7% with longitudinal TCM and 13.39% with NOB-TCM, compared with the reference scan. NOB-TCM is a superior solution for head CT, including the orbital area, due to the reduction in radiation exposure without significant loss in image quality.
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