A clinical comparison study of a novel statistical iterative and filtered backprojection reconstruction

Peter B. Noël; Alexander A. Fingerle; Bernhard Renger; Ernst J. Rummeny; Martin Dobritz

doi:10.1117/12.877971

16 March 2011 A clinical comparison study of a novel statistical iterative and filtered backprojection reconstruction

Peter B. Noël, Alexander A. Fingerle, Bernhard Renger, Ernst J. Rummeny, Martin Dobritz

Proceedings Volume 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging; 79612L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877971
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2011, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Abstract

The conventional filtered backprojection (FBP) algorithm employed in reduced dose MDCT acquisitions provides low reconstruction quality, e.g. high noise level, and many artifacts. Thus, there is the need for efficient reconstruction methods that have dose reduction potential while providing high reconstruction quality. In this work we present a comparison study between a statistical iterative reconstruction algorithm called iDose and the FBP algorithm. iDose is a hybrid iterative reconstruction algorithm which provides enhanced image quality while reducing the radiation dose compared to conventional algorithms. We report on the performance of the two algorithms with respect to uniformity, noise characteristics, spatial resolution, and patient studies. With respect to the uniformity of the Hounsfield Units (HU), we found that the mean HU value remains stable while employing iDose. With iDose the noise is significantly reduced. This is reflected by an improvement in the contrast-to-noise ratio and in the noise-power-spectrum compared to the FBP. The measurements of the modulation-transfer-function confirm that with iDose there is no decline in spatial resolution. In clinical studies, slices reconstructed with the iDose algorithm showed significantly lower mean noise. Inspired by our phantom and clinical results, we come to the conclusion that iDose is an important tool when considering the reduction of radiation dose in CT. However, continuous efforts to reduce radiation dose should be further proceeded.

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Peter B. Noël, Alexander A. Fingerle, Bernhard Renger, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Martin Dobritz "A clinical comparison study of a novel statistical iterative and filtered backprojection reconstruction", Proc. SPIE 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging, 79612L (16 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877971

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