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Jessica KishimotoThe University of Western OntarioMedical Biophysics UndergradApril 7, 2010
The Effect of Dose on Image Quality When Using an Image Based Proximity Mapping Technique
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The Effect of Dose on Image Quality
when using an Image Based
Proximity Mapping TechniqueJessica KishimotoThe University of Western OntarioMedical Biophysics UndergradApril 7, 2010
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Introduction
A previously developed technique called proximity mapping has been developed to non-invasively examine joint congruency using reconstructed images acquired using x-ray computed tomography (CT)
One concern with this approach however, is exposure to unnecessarily high amounts of radiation
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Hypothesis
There will be a dose of CT which will allow for good images, but minimize the risk associated with excess radiation
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Objectives
To show the differences between high and low dose images, and whether or not these differences might be diagnostically important.
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What is ‘dose’?
This is value calculated from measured radiation exposure and an estimate of the amount absorbed by different body tissues
This is measured in CTDIvol, which is the CT Dose Index, and measures the average dose over the scanned volume
The normal parameters of a scan are 100mA and a pitch of 0.984, which would result in a dose of around 8 CTDIvol.
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Methods
Multiple raw images from CT scans at different doses were used to reconstruct a 3D image
Cropping was then used to remove either the humerus/scapula components to isolate the bone of interest
Thresholding was employed to create the best the bone.
Smoothing was used when creating the bone model if the images were really bad
Using a proximity mapping program, it was possible to deteremine where the modeled bones were articulating.
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Results
Low dose High dose
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Results
Super low dose High dose
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Results
Low dose
Medium dose
High dose
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ResultsOverlapping low and medium dose Red – low, beige - medium
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Results
Medium dose Low dose
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Results
Low dose
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Results
Medium dose
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Discussion
There appears to be large differences between the low, medium and high dose images.
Perhaps part of this is due to different thresholds used to create the images Instead of having the goal of the ‘best’ image By using the same threshold for all images they
could be more similar
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Conclusion
There appears to be a difference, which could cause diagnostic errors in between high and low dose images.
This needs to be investigated much further before any real conclusions can be made towards the optimal amount of dose needed to create a good image.