CT urography in the urinary bladder: to compare excretory phase images using a low noise index and a high noise index with adaptive noise reduction filter
| العنوان: | CT urography in the urinary bladder: to compare excretory phase images using a low noise index and a high noise index with adaptive noise reduction filter |
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| المؤلفون: | Toshiyuki Takahashi, Junya Nakashima, Nobuyuki Takeyama, Takehiko Gokan, Toshi Hashimoto, Suzuki Yoshiaki, Yuko Kinebuchi, Kyoichi Kato, Takaki Hayashi, Yoshimitsu Ohgiya, Daisuke Takasu |
| المصدر: | Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987). 52(6) |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Noise reduction, Urinary system, Radiation Dosage, Imaging phantom, Image noise, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Urinary bladder, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, business.industry, Phantoms, Imaging, Urography, General Medicine, Filter (signal processing), Middle Aged, Low noise, medicine.anatomical_structure, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Female, Tomography, Nuclear medicine, business, Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
| الوصف: | Background Although CT urography (CTU) is widely used for the evaluation of the entire urinary tract, the most important drawback is the radiation exposure. Purpose To evaluate the effect of a noise reduction filter (NRF) using a phantom and to quantitatively and qualitatively compare excretory phase (EP) images using a low noise index (NI) with those using a high NI and postprocessing NRF (pNRF). Material and Methods Each NI value was defined for a slice thickness of 5 mm, and reconstructed images with a slice thickness of 1.25 mm were assessed. Sixty patients who were at high risk of developing bladder tumors (BT) were divided into two groups according to whether their EP images were obtained using an NI of 9.88 (29 patients; group A) or an NI of 20 and pNRF (31 patients; group B). The CT dose index volume (CTDIvol) and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of the bladder with respect to the anterior pelvic fat were compared in both groups. Qualitative assessment of the urinary bladder for image noise, sharpness, streak artifacts, homogeneity, and the conspicuity of polypoid or sessile-shaped BTs with a short-axis diameter greater than 10 mm was performed using a 3-point scale. Results The phantom study showed noise reduction of approximately 40% and 76% dose reduction between group A and group B. CTDIvol demonstrated a 73% reduction in group B (4.6 ± 1.1 mGy) compared with group A (16.9 ± 3.4 mGy). The CNR value was not significantly different ( P = 0.60) between group A (16.1 ± 5.1) and group B (16.6 ± 7.6). Although group A was superior ( P < 0.01) to group B with regard to image noise, other qualitative analyses did not show significant differences. Conclusion EP images using a high NI and pNRF were quantitatively and qualitatively comparable to those using a low NI, except with regard to image noise. |
| تدمد: | 1600-0455 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e3d794fab9442c7e941de86e61754ecd https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21508198 |
| Rights: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e3d794fab9442c7e941de86e61754ecd |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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