A study on fast cone beam CT
10.3760/cma.j.cn113030-20181116-00582
- VernacularTitle:快速锥形束CT成像模式研究
- Author:
Minghui LI
1
;
Chuanmeng NIU
;
Ke ZHANG
;
Yuan TIAN
;
Kuo MEN
;
Jianrong DAI
Author Information
1. 国家癌症中心/国家肿瘤临床医学研究中心/中国医学科学院北京协和医学院肿瘤医院放疗科 100021
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology
2020;29(6):461-465
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the effect of fast cone beam CT (CBCT) scan mode on image quality and registration results, and to establish the scanning pre-settings for fast CBCT.Methods:Three scanning modes were utilized to the CBCT phantom, and the registration accuracy and image quality were quantitatively evaluated. The correlation and consistency of measurement results under different scanning modes were further verified by 278 sets of CBCT data from 33 clinical tumor patients.Results:The maximum deviation between the measurement results of three scanning models and the actual value was 0.70 mm (0.51 mm on average). The measurement results of the same location were consistent among three scanning modes (0.00 mm). For the uniformity, the results of the normal mode were the best (3.62% on average), followed by the fast 1 mode (3.90% on average) and the fast 2 mode (4.84% on average). For the noise, the results of the normal mode were the best (15.69 on average), followed by the fast 2 mode (17.23 on average) and the fast 1 mode (21.74 on average). Regarding the high contrast resolution, the measurement results of three scanning modes were consistent (at least 3 pairs could be distinguished). For the low contrast resolution, the results of the fast 1 mode were the best (1.69 on average), followed by the normal mode (2.10 on average), and the fast 2 mode (2.31 on average). For the geometric accuracy, the measurement results of the three scanning modes were basically consistent with a mean deviation of 0.05 mm. The correlation of the measurement results between normal mode and fast 1 mode was the highest in clinical cases ( R2>0.90, P<0.01) with a high degree of consistency (95% consistency limit of the above two scanning modes< 1 mm threshold). Conclusion:Compared with the normal mode, the fast 1 mode can yield equivalent image quality, consistent registration results, faster scanning speed and lower scanning dose. Therefore, the fast 1 mode is recommended as the scan mode in clinical practice.
