Development of a prototype chest digital tomosynthesis R/F system

Sunghoon Choi; Haenghwa Lee; Donghoon Lee; Seungyeon Choi; Jungwook Shin; Woojin Jang; Chang-Woo Seo; Hee-Joung Kim

doi:10.1117/12.2254232

Translator Disclaimer

9 March 2017 Development of a prototype chest digital tomosynthesis R/F system

Sunghoon Choi, Haenghwa Lee, Donghoon Lee, Seungyeon Choi, Jungwook Shin, Woojin Jang, Chang-Woo Seo, Hee-Joung Kim

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 10132, Medical Imaging 2017: Physics of Medical Imaging; 101325S (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254232
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Digital tomosynthesis has an advantage of low radiation dose compared to conventional computed tomography (CT) by utilizing small number of projections (~80) acquired over a limited angular range. It can produce 3D volumetric data although they may have some artifacts due to incomplete sampling. Based upon these attractive merits, we developed a prototype digital tomosynthesis R/F system especially for the purpose of applications in chest imaging. Prototype chest digital tomosynthesis (CDT) R/F system contains an X-ray tube with high power R/F pulse generator, flat-panel detector, R/F table, electromechanical radiographic subsystems including precise motor controller, and a reconstruction server. For image reconstruction, users could select the reconstruction option between analytic and iterative methods. Reconstructed images of Catphan700 and LUNGMAN phantoms clearly and rapidly described the internal structures of the phantoms using graphics processing unit (GPU) programming. Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) values of the CTP682 module was higher in images using the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART) than those using filtered backprojection (FBP) for all materials by factors of 2.60, 3.78, 5.50, 2.30, 3.70, and 2.52 for air, lung foam, low density polyethylene (LDPE), Delrin (acetal homopolymer resin), bone 50% (hydroxyapatite), and Teflon, respectively. Total elapsed times for producing 3D volume were 2.92 sec and 86.29 sec on average for FBP and SART (20 iterations), respectively. The times required for reconstruction were clinically feasible. Moreover, the total radiation dose from the system (5.68 mGy) could demonstrate a significant lowered radiation dose compared to conventional chest CT scan. Consequently, our prototype tomosynthesis R/F system represents an important advance in digital tomosynthesis applications.

Citation Download Citation

Sunghoon Choi, Haenghwa Lee, Donghoon Lee, Seungyeon Choi, Jungwook Shin, Woojin Jang, Chang-Woo Seo, and Hee-Joung Kim "Development of a prototype chest digital tomosynthesis R/F system", Proc. SPIE 10132, Medical Imaging 2017: Physics of Medical Imaging, 101325S (9 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254232

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE