Hui Tang1, Zhentang Liu2, Zhijun Hu2, Taiping He3, Dou Li2, Nan Yu3, Yongjun Jia3, Hong Shi1. 1. Department of Radiology, Xi'an No.1 Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. 2. Department of Radiology, Chang'an Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. 3. Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical value of low-dose chest CT combined with the new generation adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR-V) algorithm in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodule. METHODS: 30 patients with pulmonary nodules underwent chest CT using Revolution CT. The patients were first scanned with standard-dose at a noise index (NI) of 14, and the images were reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP) algorithm. If pulmonary nodules were found, a low-dose targeted scan, with NI of 24, was performed localized on the nodules, and the images were reconstructed with 60% ASIR-V. The detection rate of pulmonary nodules in the two scanning modes was recorded. The size of nodules, CT value and standard deviation of nodules were measured. The signal-to-noise ratio and contrast-to-noise ratio were also calculated. Two experienced radiologists used a 5-point method to score the image quality. The volumetric CT dose index, and dose-length product were recorded and the effective dose (ED) was calculated of the two scanning modes. RESULTS: Volumetric CT dose index (ED) of the standard-dose scan covering the entire lungs was 7.29 ± 2.38 mGy (3.52 ± 1.09 mSv), and that of low-dose targeted scan was 2.56 ± 1.87 mGy (0.51 ± 0.32 mSv). However, the ED of the virtual low-dose scan for the entire lungs was 1.44 ± 0.15 mSv, which would mean a dose reduction of 59.1% compared with the standard-dose scan. 85 of the 87 pulmonary nodules were detected in the low-dose targeted scan, with 2 of the ground-glass density nodules with size less than 1 cm missed, resulting in 97.7% overall detection rate. There was no difference between the low-dose ASIR-V images and standard-dose FBP images for the size (1.49 ± 0.74 cm vs 1.48 ± 0.75 cm), CT value [33.02 ± 1.95 Hounsfield unit (HU) vs 34.6 ± 3.07 HU], standard deviation (27.64 ± 14.42 HU vs 30.38 ± 20.04 HU), signal-to-noise ratio (1.44 ± 0.88 vs 1.43 ± 1.31) and contrast-to-noise ratio (38.95 ± 18.43 vs 38.23 ± 14.99) of nodules (all p > 0.05). There was no difference in the subjective scores between the two scanning modes. CONCLUSION: The low-dose CT scan combined with ASIR-V algorithm is of comparable value in the detection and the display of pulmonary nodules when compared with the FBP images obtained by standard-dose scan. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: This is a clinical study to evaluate the clinical value of pulmonary nodules using ASIR-V algorithm in the same patients in the low-dose chest CT scans. It suggests that ASIR-V provides similar image quality and detection rate for pulmonary nodules at much reduced radiation dose.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical value of low-dose chest CT combined with the new generation adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR-V) algorithm in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodule. METHODS: 30 patients with pulmonary nodules underwent chest CT using Revolution CT. The patients were first scanned with standard-dose at a noise index (NI) of 14, and the images were reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP) algorithm. If pulmonary nodules were found, a low-dose targeted scan, with NI of 24, was performed localized on the nodules, and the images were reconstructed with 60% ASIR-V. The detection rate of pulmonary nodules in the two scanning modes was recorded. The size of nodules, CT value and standard deviation of nodules were measured. The signal-to-noise ratio and contrast-to-noise ratio were also calculated. Two experienced radiologists used a 5-point method to score the image quality. The volumetric CT dose index, and dose-length product were recorded and the effective dose (ED) was calculated of the two scanning modes. RESULTS: Volumetric CT dose index (ED) of the standard-dose scan covering the entire lungs was 7.29 ± 2.38 mGy (3.52 ± 1.09 mSv), and that of low-dose targeted scan was 2.56 ± 1.87 mGy (0.51 ± 0.32 mSv). However, the ED of the virtual low-dose scan for the entire lungs was 1.44 ± 0.15 mSv, which would mean a dose reduction of 59.1% compared with the standard-dose scan. 85 of the 87 pulmonary nodules were detected in the low-dose targeted scan, with 2 of the ground-glass density nodules with size less than 1 cm missed, resulting in 97.7% overall detection rate. There was no difference between the low-dose ASIR-V images and standard-dose FBP images for the size (1.49 ± 0.74 cm vs 1.48 ± 0.75 cm), CT value [33.02 ± 1.95 Hounsfield unit (HU) vs 34.6 ± 3.07 HU], standard deviation (27.64 ± 14.42 HU vs 30.38 ± 20.04 HU), signal-to-noise ratio (1.44 ± 0.88 vs 1.43 ± 1.31) and contrast-to-noise ratio (38.95 ± 18.43 vs 38.23 ± 14.99) of nodules (all p > 0.05). There was no difference in the subjective scores between the two scanning modes. CONCLUSION: The low-dose CT scan combined with ASIR-V algorithm is of comparable value in the detection and the display of pulmonary nodules when compared with the FBP images obtained by standard-dose scan. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: This is a clinical study to evaluate the clinical value of pulmonary nodules using ASIR-V algorithm in the same patients in the low-dose chest CT scans. It suggests that ASIR-V provides similar image quality and detection rate for pulmonary nodules at much reduced radiation dose.
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