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- Title
Cardiac spiral dual-source CT with high pitch: a feasibility study.
- Authors
Ertel D; Lell MM; Harig F; Flohr T; Schmidt B; Kalender WA; Ertel, Dirk; Lell, Michael M; Harig, Frank; Flohr, Thomas; Schmidt, Bernhard; Kalender, Willi A
- Abstract
Increase of pitch in spiral CT decreases data acquisition time; dual-source CT (DSCT) systems provide improved temporal resolution. We evaluated the combination of these two features. Measurements were performed using a commercial DSCT system equipped with prototype software allowing pitch factors from p = 0.35 to 3.0. We measured slice sensitivity profiles as a function of pitch to assess spatial resolution in the z-direction and the contrast of structures moved periodically to measure temporal resolution. Additionally we derived modulation transfer functions to provide objective parameters; both spatial and temporal resolution were essentially unchanged even at high pitch. CT of the cardiac region of three pigs was performed at p = 3.0. In vivo CT images confirmed good image quality; direct comparison with standard low-pitch phase-correlated CT image datasets showed no significant difference. For a normalized z-axis acquisition of 12 cm, the corresponding effective dose value was 2.0 mSv for the high-pitch CT protocol. We conclude that spiral DSCT imaging with a pitch of 3.0 can provide unimpaired image quality with respect to spatial and temporal resolution. Applications to cardiac and thoracic imaging with effective dose below 1 mSv are possible.
- Publication
European Radiology, 2009, Vol 19, Issue 10, p2357
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-009-1503-6