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- Title
CT metal artifacts in patients with total hip replacements: for artifact reduction monoenergetic reconstructions and post-processing algorithms are both efficient but not similar.
- Authors
Laukamp, Kai Roman; Lennartz, Simon; Neuhaus, Victor-Frederic; Große Hokamp, Nils; Rau, Robert; Le Blanc, Markus; Abdullayev, Nuran; Mpotsaris, Anastasios; Maintz, David; Borggrefe, Jan
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>This study compares metal artifact (MA) reduction in imaging of total hip replacements (THR) using virtual monoenergetic images (VMI), for MA-reduction-specialized reconstructions (MAR) and conventional CT images (CI) from detector-based dual-energy computed tomography (SDCT).<bold>Methods: </bold>Twenty-seven SDCT-datasets of patients carrying THR were included. CI, MAR and VMI with different energy-levels (60-200 keV) were reconstructed from the same scans. MA width was measured. Attenuation (HU), noise (SD) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were determined in: extinction artifact, adjacent bone, muscle and bladder. Two radiologists assessed MA-reduction and image quality visually.<bold>Results: </bold>In comparison to CI, VMI (200 keV) and MAR showed a strong artifact reduction (MA width: CI 29.9±6.8 mm, VMI 17.6±13.6 mm, p<0.001; MAR 16.5±14.9 mm, p<0.001; MA density: CI -412.1±204.5 HU, VMI -279.7±283.7 HU; p<0.01; MAR -116.74±105.6 HU, p<0.001). In strong artifacts reduction was superior by MAR. In moderate artifacts VMI was more effective. MAR showed best noise reduction and CNR in bladder and muscle (p<0.05), whereas VMI were superior for depiction of bone (p<0.05). Visual assessment confirmed that VMI and MAR improve artifact reduction and image quality (p<0.001).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>MAR and VMI (200 keV) yielded significant MA reduction. Each showed distinct advantages both regarding effectiveness of artifact reduction, MAR regarding assessment of soft tissue and VMI regarding assessment of bone.<bold>Key Points: </bold>• Spectral-detector computed tomography improves assessment of total hip replacements and surrounding tissue. • Virtual monoenergetic images and MAR reduce metal artifacts and enhance image quality. • Evaluation of bone, muscle and pelvic organs can be improved by SDCT.
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; TOTAL hip replacement; MEDICAL artifacts; ARTHROPLASTY; OSTEOARTHRITIS diagnosis; PATIENTS; ALGORITHMS; HIP joint; METALS; MULTIDETECTOR computed tomography
- Publication
European Radiology, 2018, Vol 28, Issue 11, p4524
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-018-5414-2