Feasibility of pediatric low-dose facial CT reconstructed with filtered back projection using adequate kernels

Translated title of the contribution: Feasibility of pediatric low-dose facial CT reconstructed with filtered back projection using adequate kernels

Ji Hye, Kyoung You Sun, Eun Lee Jeong, Mi Lee So, Cho Hyun-Hae, Young Ohm Joon

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Abstract

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of pediatric low-dose facial CT reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP) using adequate kernels. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and imaging data of children aged < 10 years who underwent facial CT at our emergency department. The patients were divided into two groups: low-dose CT (LDCT; Group A, n = 73) with a fixed 80-kVp tube potential and automatic tube current modulation (ATCM) and standard-dose CT (SDCT; Group B, n = 40) with a fixed 120-kVp tube potential and ATCM. All images were reconstructed with FBP using bone and soft tissue kernels in Group A and only bone kernel in Group B. The groups were compared in terms of image noise, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). Two radiologists subjectively scored the overall image quality of bony and soft tissue structures. The CT dose index volume and dose-length product were recorded. Results Image noise was higher in Group A than in Group B in bone kernel images (p < 0.001). Group A using a soft tissue kernel showed the highest SNR and CNR for all soft tissue structures (all p < 0.001). In the qualitative analysis of bony structures, Group A scores were found to be similar to or higher than Group B scores on comparing bone kernel images. In the qualitative analysis of soft tissue structures, there was no significant difference between Group A using a soft tissue kernel and Group B using a bone kernel with a soft tissue window setting (p > 0.05). Group A showed a 76.9% reduction in radiation dose compared to Group B (3.2 ± 0.2 mGy vs. 81.9 ± 11.1 mGy; p < 0.001). Conclusion The addition of a soft tissue kernel image to conventional CT reconstructed with FBP enables the use of pediatric low-dose facial CT protocol while maintaining image quality.

Translated title of the contributionFeasibility of pediatric low-dose facial CT reconstructed with filtered back projection using adequate kernels
Original languageEnglish
Article number0003
JournalJournal of the Korean Society of Radiology
Volume82
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2021

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Keywords

  • Computed Tomography, X-Ray
  • Dose Reduction
  • Face
  • Image Reconstruction
  • Pediatrics

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