The CT image standardization based on the verified PSF

Shinichi Wada; Masaki Ohkubo; Masayuki Kunii; Toru Matsumoto; Kohei Murao; Kazuo Awai; Mitsuru Ikeda M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.708888

15 March 2007 The CT image standardization based on the verified PSF

Shinichi Wada, Masaki Ohkubo, Masayuki Kunii, Toru Matsumoto, Kohei Murao, Kazuo Awai, Mitsuru Ikeda M.D.

Proceedings Volume 6510, Medical Imaging 2007: Physics of Medical Imaging; 65104D (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708888
Event: Medical Imaging, 2007, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This study discusses a method of CT image quality standardization that uses a point-spread function (PSF) in MDCT. CT image I(x,y,z) is represented by the following formula: I(x,y,z) = O(x,y,z)***PSF(x,y,z). Standardization was performed by measuring the three-dimensional (3-D) PSFs of two CT images with different image qualities. The image conversion method was constructed and tested using the 3-D PSFs and CT images of the CT scanners of three different manufacturers. The CT scanners used were Lightspeed QX/i, Somatom Volume Zoom, and Brilliance-40. To obtain the PSF(x,y) of these CT scanners, the line spread functions of the respective reconstruction kernels were measured using a phantom described by J.M. Boone. The kernels for each scanner were: soft, standard, lung, bone, and bone plus (GE); B20f, B40f, B41f, B50f, and B60f (Siemens); and B, C, D, E, and L (Philips). Slice sensitivity profile (SSP) were measured using a micro-disk phantom (50 μm* φ1 mm) with 5 mm slice thickness and beam pitch of 1.5 (GE, Siemens) and 0.626 (Philips). 3-D PSF was verified using an MDCT QA phantom. Real chest CT images were converted to images with contrasting standard image quality. Comparison between the converted CT image and the original standard image showed good agreement. The usefulness of the image conversion method is discussed using clinical CT images acquired by CT scanners produced by different manufacturers.

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Shinichi Wada, Masaki Ohkubo, Masayuki Kunii, Toru Matsumoto, Kohei Murao, Kazuo Awai, and Mitsuru Ikeda M.D. "The CT image standardization based on the verified PSF", Proc. SPIE 6510, Medical Imaging 2007: Physics of Medical Imaging, 65104D (15 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.708888

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