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25.02.2020 | Computed Tomography

Image quality and dose reduction opportunity of deep learning image reconstruction algorithm for CT: a phantom study

verfasst von: Joël Greffier, Aymeric Hamard, Fabricio Pereira, Corinne Barrau, Hugo Pasquier, Jean Paul Beregi, Julien Frandon

Erschienen in: European Radiology | Ausgabe 7/2020

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Abstract

Objectives

To assess the impact on image quality and dose reduction of a new deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) algorithm compared with a hybrid iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithm.

Methods

Data acquisitions were performed at seven dose levels (CTDI_vol : 15/10/7.5/5/2.5/1/0.5 mGy) using a standard phantom designed for image quality assessment. Raw data were reconstructed using the filtered back projection (FBP), two levels of IR (ASiR-V50% (AV50); ASiR-V100% (AV100)), and three levels of DLIR (TrueFidelity™ low, medium, high). Noise power spectrum (NPS) and task-based transfer function (TTF) were computed. Detectability index (d′) was computed to model a large mass in the liver, a small calcification, and a small subtle lesion with low contrast.

Results

NPS peaks were higher with AV50 than with all DLIR levels and only higher with DLIR-H than with AV100. The average NPS spatial frequencies were higher with DLIR than with IR. For all DLIR levels, TTF_50% obtained with DLIR was higher than that with IR. d′ was higher with DLIR than with AV50 but lower with DLIR-L and DLIR-M than with AV100. d′ values were higher with DLIR-H than with AV100 for the small low-contrast lesion (10 ± 4%) and in the same range for the other simulated lesions.

Conclusions

New DLIR algorithm reduced noise and improved spatial resolution and detectability without changing the noise texture. Images obtained with DLIR seem to indicate a greater potential for dose optimization than those with hybrid IR.

Key Points

• This study assessed the impact on image quality and radiation dose of a new deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) algorithm as compared with hybrid iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithm.

• The new DLIR algorithm reduced noise and improved spatial resolution and detectability without perceived alteration of the texture, commonly reported with IR.

• As compared with IR, DLIR seems to open further possibility of dose optimization.

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Titel: Image quality and dose reduction opportunity of deep learning image reconstruction algorithm for CT: a phantom study
verfasst von: Joël Greffier
Aymeric Hamard
Fabricio Pereira
Corinne Barrau
Hugo Pasquier
Jean Paul Beregi
Julien Frandon
Publikationsdatum: 25.02.2020
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: European Radiology / Ausgabe 7/2020
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-06724-w

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