Alban Gervaise1,2,3,4, Pedro Teixeira2,3,4, Gabriela Hossu5,6,7, Alain Blum2, Marie Lapierre-Combes1. 1. 1 Service d'Imagerie Médicale, HIA Legouest, Metz, France. 2. 2 Service d'Imagerie Guilloz, Hôpital Central, CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France. 3. 3 U947, INSERM, Nancy, France. 4. 4 IADI, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France. 5. 5 CIC-IT 1433, INSERM, Nancy, France. 6. 6 Pôle S2R, CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France. 7. 7 CIC-IT, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an alternative method to reduce the acquisition coverage of urinary tract CT. METHODS: This retrospective study included 365 abdominopelvic CT studies. Three radiographers simulated shortened acquisition coverages using three methods to determine the upper limit of the acquisition: Method 1 used the renal contours; Method 2 used the inferior margin of the 10th thoracic vertebra; and Method 3 used the point of intersection of the left diaphragmatic dome and the anterior margin of the vertebral bodies. Reductions in acquisition coverage and number of CT scans with a portion of the kidney excluded from the simulated reduced acquisition were compared between the three methods. RESULTS: The mean ± standard deviation reduction of acquisition coverage for the three readers with Methods 1, 2 and 3 were 20.5 ± 4.8, 15.1 ± 6.5 and 18.2 ± 5.3%, respectively. Compared with Method 2, Method 3 allowed a mean scan length reduction of 3.6%. The proportions of CT scans with a portion of the kidney excluded from the simulated reduced acquisition with Methods 1, 2 and 3 and averaged over the three readers were 6.7, 0.7 and 1.4%, respectively, with no significant difference between Methods 2 and 3. Interreader and intrareader agreements were excellent with all methods, but interclass correlation coefficients were higher with Method 3. CONCLUSION: The method using the renal contours should not be used owing to its high proportion of kidneys with a portion excluded from the acquisition. Using the intersection of the left diaphragmatic dome and the anterior margin of the vertebral bodies for proximal landmark for urinary tract CT represents a new alternative method with a better reduction of scan length compared with the method using the inferior margin of T10 and with no significant increase in the number of kidneys with a portion excluded from the reduced acquisition. Advances in knowledge: A new method using the point of intersection of the left diaphragmatic dome and the anterior border of the vertebral bodies on the lateral scout radiograph is introduced to reduce the z-axis coverage of urinary tract CT scans.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an alternative method to reduce the acquisition coverage of urinary tract CT. METHODS: This retrospective study included 365 abdominopelvic CT studies. Three radiographers simulated shortened acquisition coverages using three methods to determine the upper limit of the acquisition: Method 1 used the renal contours; Method 2 used the inferior margin of the 10th thoracic vertebra; and Method 3 used the point of intersection of the left diaphragmatic dome and the anterior margin of the vertebral bodies. Reductions in acquisition coverage and number of CT scans with a portion of the kidney excluded from the simulated reduced acquisition were compared between the three methods. RESULTS: The mean ± standard deviation reduction of acquisition coverage for the three readers with Methods 1, 2 and 3 were 20.5 ± 4.8, 15.1 ± 6.5 and 18.2 ± 5.3%, respectively. Compared with Method 2, Method 3 allowed a mean scan length reduction of 3.6%. The proportions of CT scans with a portion of the kidney excluded from the simulated reduced acquisition with Methods 1, 2 and 3 and averaged over the three readers were 6.7, 0.7 and 1.4%, respectively, with no significant difference between Methods 2 and 3. Interreader and intrareader agreements were excellent with all methods, but interclass correlation coefficients were higher with Method 3. CONCLUSION: The method using the renal contours should not be used owing to its high proportion of kidneys with a portion excluded from the acquisition. Using the intersection of the left diaphragmatic dome and the anterior margin of the vertebral bodies for proximal landmark for urinary tract CT represents a new alternative method with a better reduction of scan length compared with the method using the inferior margin of T10 and with no significant increase in the number of kidneys with a portion excluded from the reduced acquisition. Advances in knowledge: A new method using the point of intersection of the left diaphragmatic dome and the anterior border of the vertebral bodies on the lateral scout radiograph is introduced to reduce the z-axis coverage of urinary tract CT scans.
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