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Abstract

Background

The major problems of computed tomography (CT) imaging include radiation exposure and severe artifacts caused by operative implants.

Purpose

To evaluate the usefulness of the metal artifact reduction algorithm and model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) in postoperative low-dose (LD) spine CT.

Material and Methods

A CT torso phantom was scanned at standard-dose (SD) and LD settings. The CT images were reconstructed by three methods: hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR); metal artifact reduction; and MBIR. The radiation dose of the phantom imaging was evaluated by volume CT dose index (mGy), dose length product (DLP, mGy × cm), and effective dose (mSv). The image quality of the six images was visually evaluated and analyzed using Scheffe’s paired comparison method. The average preference of each method was calculated based on the comparative scores. The task transfer function (TTF) and noise power spectrum for HIR and MBIR were also measured.

Results

The respective radiation-dose-related parameters of the SD and LD conditions were: volume CT dose index = 10.2 and 1.2 mGy; DLP = 277.9 and 33.9 mGy × cm; and effective dose = 4.2 and 0.5 mSv. The average preference for diagnostic acceptability of MBIR at LD was not significantly different from the other reconstructions of SD data. MBIR successfully reduced metal artifacts in the LD condition. The 10% TTF was higher for HIR at SD and higher for MBIR at LD.

Conclusion

MBIR is useful for LD spine CT after spine surgery with metal implant.

Keywords

X-ray computed tomography metal artifact image reconstruction spine lumbar vertebrae radiation dose

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