| Dynamic iterative beam hardening correction (DIBHC) in myocardial perfusion imaging using contrast-enhanced computed tomography. | |
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PMID: 20440212 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: In cardiac perfusion examinations with computed tomography (CT) large concentrations of iodine in the ventricle and in the descending aorta cause beam hardening artifacts that can lead to incorrect perfusion parameters. The aim of this study is to reduce these artifacts by performing an iterative correction and by accounting for the 3 materials soft tissue, bone, and iodine. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Beam hardening corrections are either implemented as simple precorrections which cannot account for higher order beam hardening effects, or as iterative approaches that are based on segmenting the original image into material distribution images. Conventional segmentation algorithms fail to clearly distinguish between iodine and bone. Our new algorithm, DIBHC, calculates the time-dependent iodine distribution by analyzing the voxel changes of a cardiac perfusion examination (typically N approximately 15 electrocardiogram-correlated scans distributed over a total scan time up to T approximately 30 s). These voxel dynamics are due to changes in contrast agent. This prior information allows to precisely distinguish between bone and iodine and is key to DIBHC where each iteration consists of a multimaterial (soft tissue, bone, iodine) polychromatic forward projection, a raw data comparison and a filtered backprojection. Simulations with a semi-anthropomorphic dynamic phantom and clinical scans using a dual source CT scanner with 2 x 128 slices, a tube voltage of 100 kV, a tube current of 180 mAs, and a rotation time of 0.28 seconds have been carried out. RESULTS: The uncorrected images suffer from beam hardening artifacts that appear as dark bands connecting large concentrations of iodine in the ventricle, aorta, and bony structures. The CT-values of the affected tissue are usually underestimated by roughly 20 HU although deviations of up to 61 HU have been observed. For a quantitative evaluation circular regions of interest have been analyzed. After application of DIBHC the mean values obtained deviate by only 1 HU for the simulations and the corrected values show an increase of up to 61 HU for the measurements. CONCLUSIONS: One iteration of DIBHC greatly reduces the beam hardening artifacts induced by the contrast agent dynamics (and those due to bone) now allowing for an improved assessment of contrast agent uptake in the myocardium which is essential for determining myocardial perfusion. |
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Authors:
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Philip Stenner; Bernhard Schmidt; Thomas Allmendinger; Thomas Flohr; Marc Kachelrie |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Investigative radiology Volume: 45 ISSN: 1536-0210 ISO Abbreviation: Invest Radiol Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-18 Completed Date: 2010-09-14 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0045377 Medline TA: Invest Radiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 314-23 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. philip.stenner@imp.uni-erlangen.de |
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Algorithms Artifacts* Contrast Media Humans Iodine / diagnostic use* Myocardial Infarction / radiography* Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / methods* Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods* Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods* Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods* |
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0/Contrast Media; 7553-56-2/Iodine |
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