- 著者
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永末 望
船間 芳憲
鬼木 里佳
瀬川 敦史
岩竹 聡
川内野 友彦
上谷 雅孝
- 出版者
- 公益社団法人 日本放射線技術学会
- 雑誌
- 日本放射線技術学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694305)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.65, no.6, pp.765-772, 2009-06-20 (Released:2009-07-14)
- 参考文献数
- 15
We measured the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and evaluated low-contrast images and streak artifacts to optimize abdominal C-arm CT imaging, and we investigated the view number, acquisition matrix, and pixel depth. To measure CNR, we filled 0.125–1.0-inch cavities in an American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) CT performance phantom with a sodium chloride solution. Five radiological technologists visually evaluated the noise, signal conspicuity at low-and high-signal density, and the overall image quality using paired comparisons based on Thurstone’s law. In a given acquisition matrix, the total view number had the greatest effect on the image noise, artifacts, and signal detectability on C-arm CT images. For a given incident dose per view on the flat-panel detector (FPD), fewer images with noise and streak artifacts resulted when a larger view number was selected.