著者
畑川 政勝 井上 誠 庄垣 雅史 岸本 健治 吉田 梨影
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.48, no.11, pp.1932-1938, 1992-11-01
被引用文献数
13

The modulation transfer function (MTF) has been used for evaluation of radiographic image quality. However, in digital radiographic system such as a computed radiography (CR), the MTF can not be used in the same way of an analog system for evaluation because digital system is not shift-invaliant system. Then, we suggest the "MTF_<final>" which includes geometric unsharpness, detector unsharpness, unsharpness of the sampling aperture and unsharpness of the display (Laser-printer). It is an analog component in the digital system and in agreement with the definition of the MTF. Furthermore, an overall aliasing has to be used with MTF_<final> for evaluating the digital system because it is one of the important factors of the digital system. The MTF_<final> and the overall aliasing can be obtained from the overall MTFs of the center alignment and the shifted alignment.
著者
高木 昭浩 吉岡 克則 寺岡 悟見 相馬 努 矢野 今朝人 宮坂 正 横井 孝司 村瀬 研也
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.62, no.5, pp.729-733, 2006-05-20
被引用文献数
6 6

The following process conventionally has been followed to develop quantitative images of cerebral blood flow: (1) mean cerebral blood flow (mCBF) is calculated by the Patlak plot method; (2) a SPECT slice that includes the basal ganglia is selected; and (3) based on the value of mCBF calculated by the Patlak plot method, the SPECT slice is corrected by the Lassen method and developed into a SPECT image of quantitative regional cerebral blood flow. However, this process is complicated, and the values of rCBF have been reported to fluctuate because selection of the SPECT slice and the ROI setting are in the hands of the operator. We have developed new software that automates this analysis. This software enables automatic processing simply by inputting the value of mCBF in the normal hemisphere. Since there is no need for manual operations such as setting the ROI, reproducibility is improved as well. Regional cerebral blood flow as determined by this software is quite similar to that calculated by the conventional method, so the existing clinical evaluation does not need to be changed. This software is considered to be useful.
著者
松竹 裕紀 大西 英雄
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.64, no.4, pp.426-433, 2008-04-20
被引用文献数
2 1

Spatial smoothing performed after spatial normalization on the easy Z-score Imaging System (eZIS) is considered to affect signal size. The purpose of this study was to analyze quantitatively the influence of the smoothing process on eZIS using the voxel of interest (VOI) method. A normal database (NDB) was established using <sup>99m</sup>Tc-Hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) brain perfusion SPECT images of thirty healthy volunteers. Then the NDB was smoothed with various Gaussian kernels (2, 4, 8, 12, 16 mm). Artificial lesions with known volumes and reduction of tracer uptake were made on one of the healthy volunteer images, and eZIS analysis was performed on the NDB of the same Gaussian kernel, respectively. The signal size of small-sized lesions was expanded 5.1 times to the true signal size of a 12 mm Gaussian kernel. On the other hand, the medium lesion size, which was approximately the same size as the posterior cingulate gyrus, was expanded 2.9 times to true signal size. Estimation of the false positive area using the extraction estimation method at lesion size medium indicated the lowest value at 8, 12 mm Gaussian kernel smoothing. The smoothing procedure at 8-12 mm Gaussian kernel is effective to detect a focal abnormality in the brain SPECT of Alzheimer's disease.
著者
津坂 昌利 小山 修司 前越 久 加藤 秀起
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, no.8, 1994-08-01

診断用X線のような低エネルギー領域の一次X線スペクトル測定では, 細いX線ビームを検出面中央に垂直に入射して測定する.このためGe結晶は直径10mm, 厚さ7mm程度あれば問題はない.今回検討したクローズドエンド型は, 大結晶を有し, 分解能はやや劣るものの, 診断用X線, 漏洩X線, 室内散乱線等のスペクトル測定用としても使用できる可能性がある.しかし, 測定した波高スペクトルは必ず補正してX線エネルギースペクトルを求める必要がある.
著者
長野 宣道 松尾 孝美 伊藤 隆志 友成 健一朗 白石 順二
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.68, no.11, pp.1474-1485, 2012-11-20 (Released:2012-11-21)
参考文献数
28

We proposed a method for a computer-aided diagnosis system that distinguishes between benign and malignant lesions in gastrointestinal digital radiography. To begin with, the level set method was applied in order to extract a tumor region from the image which was smoothed by the bilateral filter. Next, we selected four image features with the large SN ratio among various image features obtained from a tumor region using the Mahalanobis-Taguchi method, which has been employed mainly in quality engineering. The selected four image features—circularity, irregularity, size, and perimeter—were used as input data for the artificial neural network, which was employed for distinction between benign and malignant lesions. By using 43 regions of interest cropped from the 43 clinical cases, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of diagnostic accuracy for the classification obtained with this proposed method was 0.970, whereas the average AUC obtained with 7 human observers (3 radiologists and 4 radiological technologist) was 0.941.
著者
佐藤 一弘
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.47, no.12, pp.2084-2089, 1991-12-01

1 核医学検査情報のデータ量は, 非圧縮で年間数GBと想定される.これは, 現状の光ディスクの技術により保管可能である.2 ネットワークによる核医学画像伝送は, 実効速度でみても実用可能である.3 核医学検査情報の表示では, カラー表示機能を用いるため, カラー変換情報の伝送が必要である.4 病院情報システムとの関連において必要とする情報は, 診療の現場での検討が必要と考えられる.また, 規格化が必要である.5 核医学画像と他のモダリティ画像との総合画像診断に対しては, 本論文では触れないが, 他の画像診断装置も含むシステム全体の検討が必要である.
著者
河村 誠治 白石 嘉孝 簑原 亨 近藤 富士雄 梅崎 典良 石橋 正敏 森田 誠一郎
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.47, no.8, 1991-08-01

(1) 平均排尿間隔は約2時間であった。(2) 初回尿中放射能は総排泄放射能の約80%と推定される。(3) 初回排尿時間を^<99m>Tc-MDP投与後50分前後にすることにより現状の膀胱壁被曝を約40%低減できると推定された。
著者
藤阪 登志男 畠山 昇 大谷 新一 山道 洋次 軸丸 幸彦
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.47, no.8, 1991-08-01

中型自動現像機で、搬送技術及び、高画質化技術の開発を達成できた。それにより、65秒処理、235枚/時(四切)の処理能力、大型自動現像機と同等の高画質の実現が可能となり、中型自動現像機SRX-251を製品化した。(Fig.4)
著者
渡辺 浩 佐藤 努 泉對 則男 木村 文治 佐野 美也子 星 雅彦 伊藤 篤 仲 孝治 佐川 良
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.3, pp.285-294, 2009-03-20 (Released:2009-04-11)
参考文献数
15
被引用文献数
4 4

We have investigated the role assignment and radiation exposure of medical workers (including receptionists) in PET (positron emission tomography) facilities in Japan using a questionnaire. The survey period was from October 1st to November 15th 2006. The response rate for the questionnaire was 60.0% (72/120 facilities). Nurses were engaged in the intravenous administration of radioactive FDG in 66.9% of PET facilities. In 89.5% of PET facilities, radiological technologists mainly performed the PET examination. The average radiation exposure to medical workers was 0.13 mSv/month (n: 709, S.D.: 0.16) as the effective dose. It was shown that radiation exposure was significantly different depending on the occupation and content of work (p<0.01). The radiation exposure of cyclotron operators and radiological technologists was higher than that of the other occupations (p<0.01). The highest radiation dose to one worker per a PET facility was 0.60 [mSv month−1], which was 4.6 times higher than the average dose of 0.13 [mSv month−1]. We have clarified the actual conditions of radiation protection in PET facilities in Japan for the first time.
著者
黒澤 昭典 佐藤 寿人 小林 満
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.50, no.8, 1994-08-01

今回の載距突起撮影法により、従来の踵骨軸位像に比べ距骨との重なりがなくなり、載距突起部が、明瞭に観察できるようになった。また、本法は中距踵関節面の観察に適しており、アントンセン氏法との併用により、距骨と踵骨との関係を描写するのに適していると思われる。これらにより、踵骨3方向に本法を加える、もしくは軸位法の代わりに本法を用いることにより、踵骨の全容が明確に描出され、有用な撮影法と思われる。また、一般撮影法を検討する上で、3D画像は軟部組織の情報も加味していることから、体表面と骨との位置関係が把握しやすく、また基準点及び基準線を中心とし、回転・裁断できることにより、容易に入射角を推定することができ、3Dデータを用いることが、今後他の部位での骨X線撮影法を検討して行くうえで、有用な方法といえる。
著者
中田 好抒 杣沢 繁
出版者
公益社団法人日本放射線技術学会
雑誌
日本放射線技術學會雜誌 (ISSN:03694305)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.3, pp.217-225, 1971-10-31

Tte distribution of the radiation dose within a uniform, circular, 'Phantom' column (30cm. in diameter) was measured in terms of the eccentric angle, θ, between the zero axis of the column and the central axis of the eccentric beam, for the point P' which lies at the same distance, n, from the source as does the center of rotation of the 'Phantom', at a distance γ from the center of rotation (taken as the eccentric radius from the center of rotation of the section of the beam passing through P'). In the calculations, the 100% reference level was taken to be that at the point P, a distance equal to the eccentric radius along the zero axis of the 'Phantom' in the direction of the source. Gregory's method was applied to calculation at intervals ^o_ff 10 degrees. The absolute radiation dose, Dp, at the datum point P can be expressed theoretically by the ollowing formulas. [numerical formula] R : the angle of beam rotation T_R : the time required to rotate the beam R degrees [numerical formula] (W : width of the rotation field) In these formulas, TAR means the values of the distance P'Q from a point P' to the surface of the 'Phantom' along the eccentric beam, and it can be obtained from the following expression : [numerical formula] PR : radius of the 'Phantom' The difference between the values obtained from this formula and practical measuremets in a 28cm. diameter Mix Dp- 'Phantom' was within ± 4%.