Ellipsoid scan: chest cone-beam CT with a large ellipsoidal view field using a 16-in. x-ray image intensifier

Rika Baba; Ken Ueda; Hironori Ueki; Keiji Umetani

doi:10.1117/12.274002

2 May 1997 Ellipsoid scan: chest cone-beam CT with a large ellipsoidal view field using a 16-in. x-ray image intensifier

Rika Baba, Ken Ueda, Hironori Ueki, Keiji Umetani

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Proceedings Volume 3032, Medical Imaging 1997: Physics of Medical Imaging; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274002
Event: Medical Imaging 1997, 1997, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

We propose a cone-beam computed tomography (CT) system that has a large field of view and high image quality, and that can be applied to the chest imaging. This system uses a 16- inch x-ray image intensifier and a television camera. To enlarge the field of view, an ellipsoid-scan sequence is used, which requires the subject to be moved parallel to the transaxial plane during scanning. The contrast resolution is increased by applying a television camera with high sensitivity and non-linear efficiency. We tested this system using a stationary apparatus, and obtained an isotropic 3D image of a chest phantom which had 0.64 mm voxels and covered both lungs. This system attained better spatial resolution for coronal images and its contrast resolution in the transaxial images was only 3 to 7 times larger than conventional spiral-scan CT at the same x-ray dose. This system is promising for ling cancer screening, precise diagnosis and surgery.

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Rika Baba, Ken Ueda, Hironori Ueki, and Keiji Umetani "Ellipsoid scan: chest cone-beam CT with a large ellipsoidal view field using a 16-in. x-ray image intensifier", Proc. SPIE 3032, Medical Imaging 1997: Physics of Medical Imaging, (2 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274002

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