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Accurate tissue area measurements with considerably reduced radiation dose achieved by patient-specific CT scan parameters
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- Brandberg, John, 1966 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för molekylär och klinisk medicin,Institute of Clinical Sciences,Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
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- Lönn, Lars, 1956 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för molekylär och klinisk medicin,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine,Institute of Clinical Sciences
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- Bergelin, Eva, 1950 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för molekylär och klinisk medicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
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- Sjöström, Lars (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för molekylär och klinisk medicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
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- Forssell-Aronsson, Eva, 1961 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper,Institute of Clinical Sciences
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- Starck, Göran (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för radiofysik,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Radiation Physics
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- British Institute of Radiology, 2008
- 2008
- English.
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In: British Journal of Radiology. - : British Institute of Radiology. - 1748-880X .- 0007-1285. ; 81:970, s. 801-8
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Abstract
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- A low-dose technique was compared with a standard diagnostic technique for measuring areas of adipose and muscle tissue and CT numbers for muscles in a body composition application. The low-dose technique was intended to keep the expected deviation in the measured area of adipose and muscle tissue to <1% of the total tissue area. The largest diameter of the patient determined the parameters for the low-dose technique. 17 patients - chosen to cover a wide range of diameters (31-47 cm) for both abdomen and thighs - were examined using both techniques. Tissue areas were compared, as were CT numbers for muscle tissue. Image noise was quantified by standard deviation measurements. The area deviation was <1%, except in the smallest subjects, in whom it was <2%. The integral radiation dose of the low-dose technique was reduced to 2-3% for diameters of 31-35 cm and to 7.5-50% for diameters of 36-47 cm as compared with the integral dose by the standard diagnostic technique. The CT numbers of muscle tissue remained unchanged with reduced radiation dose. Image noise was on average 20.9 HU (Hounsfield units) for subjects with diameters of 31-35 cm and 11.2 HU for subjects with diameters in the range of 36-47 cm. In conclusion, for body composition studies with CT, scan protocols can be adjusted so that the integral dose is lowered to 2-60% of the standard diagnostic technique at our centre without adversely altering area measurements of adipose and muscle tissue and without altering CT numbers of muscle tissue.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Radiologi och bildbehandling (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Adipose Tissue/*radiography
- Body Composition/physiology
- Body Weight/physiology
- Clinical Protocols
- Dose-Response Relationship
- Radiation
- Female
- Humans
- Image Processing
- Computer-Assisted/methods
- Male
- Radiography
- Abdominal/methods
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Thigh/radiography
- Tomography
- X-Ray Computed/*methods
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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