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Dual-Source Dual-Energy CT Portal Venous Phase Abdominal CT Scans in Large Body Habitus Patients: Preliminary Observations on Image Quality and Material Decomposition.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 2018 November
PURPOSE: Our objective was to evaluate image quality (IQ) and material decomposition in patients with large body habitus undergoing portal venous phase abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans on dual-source dual-energy CT (dsDECT) scanners.
METHODS: This retrospective analysis included 30 scans from consecutive patients (19 males/11 females, mean ± SD age = 55.3 ± 17.5 years, range = 27-87 years) with large body habitus (≥90 kg, mean ± SD weight = 105.4 ± 12.35, range = 91-145 kg) who underwent portal venous phase abdominal DECT examinations on dsDECT scanner between Jan 2015 and Dec 2015. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of IQ of DECT data sets (blended, iodine, and virtual noncontrast images) was performed. The patients were categorized into 2 groups (group A, ≤104 kg; group B, >104 kg).
RESULTS: The mean ± SD patient body weight in group A was 97.2 ± 4.5 kg (range = 91-104 kg) and 114.8 ± 11.7 kg (range = 104.3-145.2 kg) for patients in group B. The diagnostic acceptability of the blended images in patients > 104 kg was lower (3.6 vs 4, <3 in 4/14 vs 0/16, P = 0.03). The extension of visceral anatomy beyond DE field of view (DEFOV) was seen in 60% (28 organs in 18 patients), the most common organs being liver and spleen. The incidence of visceral organs outside DEFOV was significantly higher in patients > 104 kg (18 vs 10, P = 0.03). Outside the DEFOV, blended images demonstrated higher image noise (mean: 14.48, range = 10.09-26.83 vs mean: 9.5, range = 7.3-15.8) P < 0.001) and lower signal-to-noise ratio (mean: 4.15, range = 1.5-7.6 vs mean: 7.5, range = 4.2-9.9) P < 0.001), and material-specific information was not available in this region. Within the DEFOV, the IQ of iodine maps and virtual non-contrast images were diagnostically acceptable with diagnostic acceptability of 3 or greater in nearly all patients. A 40-cm transverse diameter cut-off provided a good predictor of extension of visceral anatomy outside the effective DEFOV.
CONCLUSIONS: Dual-source DECT allows diagnostically acceptable IQ and material separation in patients with large body habitus with the major limitation of exclusion of patient anatomy and organs outside the effective dual-energy field of view.
METHODS: This retrospective analysis included 30 scans from consecutive patients (19 males/11 females, mean ± SD age = 55.3 ± 17.5 years, range = 27-87 years) with large body habitus (≥90 kg, mean ± SD weight = 105.4 ± 12.35, range = 91-145 kg) who underwent portal venous phase abdominal DECT examinations on dsDECT scanner between Jan 2015 and Dec 2015. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of IQ of DECT data sets (blended, iodine, and virtual noncontrast images) was performed. The patients were categorized into 2 groups (group A, ≤104 kg; group B, >104 kg).
RESULTS: The mean ± SD patient body weight in group A was 97.2 ± 4.5 kg (range = 91-104 kg) and 114.8 ± 11.7 kg (range = 104.3-145.2 kg) for patients in group B. The diagnostic acceptability of the blended images in patients > 104 kg was lower (3.6 vs 4, <3 in 4/14 vs 0/16, P = 0.03). The extension of visceral anatomy beyond DE field of view (DEFOV) was seen in 60% (28 organs in 18 patients), the most common organs being liver and spleen. The incidence of visceral organs outside DEFOV was significantly higher in patients > 104 kg (18 vs 10, P = 0.03). Outside the DEFOV, blended images demonstrated higher image noise (mean: 14.48, range = 10.09-26.83 vs mean: 9.5, range = 7.3-15.8) P < 0.001) and lower signal-to-noise ratio (mean: 4.15, range = 1.5-7.6 vs mean: 7.5, range = 4.2-9.9) P < 0.001), and material-specific information was not available in this region. Within the DEFOV, the IQ of iodine maps and virtual non-contrast images were diagnostically acceptable with diagnostic acceptability of 3 or greater in nearly all patients. A 40-cm transverse diameter cut-off provided a good predictor of extension of visceral anatomy outside the effective DEFOV.
CONCLUSIONS: Dual-source DECT allows diagnostically acceptable IQ and material separation in patients with large body habitus with the major limitation of exclusion of patient anatomy and organs outside the effective dual-energy field of view.
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