Feasibility of low-dose CT with model-based iterative image reconstruction in follow-up of patients with testicular cancer.
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2016-02-16
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Murphy, Kevin P.
Crush, Lee
O'Neill, Siobhán B.
Foody, James
Breen, Micheál
Brady, Adrian
Kelly, Paul J.
Power, Derek G.
Sweeney, Paul
Bye, Jackie
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Purpose: We examine the performance of pure model-based iterative reconstruction with reduced-dose CT in follow-up of patients with early-stage testicular cancer. Methods: Sixteen patients (mean age 35.6 ± 7.4 years) with stage I or II testicular cancer underwent conventional dose (CD) and low-dose (LD) CT acquisition during CT surveillance. LD data was reconstructed with model-based iterative reconstruction (LD–MBIR). Datasets were objectively and subjectively analysed at 8 anatomical levels. Two blinded clinical reads were compared to gold-standard assessment for diagnostic accuracy. Results: Mean radiation dose reduction of 67.1% was recorded. Mean dose measurements for LD–MBIR were: thorax – 66 ± 11 mGy cm (DLP), 1.0 ± 0.2 mSv (ED), 2.0 ± 0.4 mGy (SSDE); abdominopelvic – 128 ± 38 mGy cm (DLP), 1.9 ± 0.6 mSv (ED), 3.0 ± 0.6 mGy (SSDE). Objective noise and signal-to-noise ratio values were comparable between the CD and LD–MBIR images. LD–MBIR images were superior (p < 0.001) with regard to subjective noise, streak artefact, 2-plane contrast resolution, 2-plane spatial resolution and diagnostic acceptability. All patients were correctly categorised as positive, indeterminate or negative for metastatic disease by 2 readers on LD–MBIR and CD datasets. Conclusions: MBIR facilitated a 67% reduction in radiation dose whilst producing images that were comparable or superior to conventional dose studies without loss of diagnostic utility.
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Radiation dose , Computed tomography , Low dose CT , Testicular cancer , Low-dose computed tomography , Iterative reconstruction , Model-based iterative reconstruction
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Murphy, K. P., Crush, L., O’Neill, S. B., Foody, J., Breen, M., Brady, A., Kelly, P. J., Power, D. G., Sweeney, P., Bye, J., O’Connor, O. J., Maher, M. M. and O’Regan, K. N. (2016) 'Feasibility of low-dose CT with model-based iterative image reconstruction in follow-up of patients with testicular cancer', European Journal of Radiology Open, 3, pp. 38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2016.01.002