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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Deng, Luzhena; b | Yasar, Selcukb | Ahmed, Md Foiezb | Jayarathna, Sandunb | Feng, Penga | Wei, Biaoa | Vedantham, Srinivasanc | Karellas, Andrewc | Cho, Sang Hyunb; d; *
Affiliations: [a] Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Technology & System, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China | [b] Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA | [c] Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA | [d] Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Sang Hyun Cho. E-mail: scho@mdanderson.org.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To investigate the image quality and x-ray dose associated with a transmission computed tomography (CT) component implemented within the same platform of an experimental benchtop x-ray fluorescence CT (XFCT) system for multimodal preclinical imaging applications. METHODS:Cone-beam CT scans were performed using an experimental benchtop CT + XFCT system and a cylindrically-shaped 3D-printed polymethyl methacrylate phantom (3 cm in diameter, 7 cm in height) loaded with various concentrations (0.05–1 wt. %) of gold nanoparticles (GNPs). Two commercial CT quality assurance phantoms containing 3D line-pair (LP) targets and contrast targets were also scanned. The x-ray beams of 40 and 62 kVp, both filtered by 0.08 mm Cu and 0.4 mm Al, were used with 17 ms of exposure time per projection at three current settings (2.5, 5, and 10 mA). The ordered-subset simultaneous algebraic reconstruction and total variation–minimization methods were used to reconstruct images. Sparse projection and short scan were considered to reduce the x-ray dose. The contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and modulation transfer function (MTF) were calculated. RESULTS:The lowest detectable concentration of GNPs (CNR > 5) and the highest spatial resolution (per MTF50%) were 0.10 wt. % and 9.5 LP/CM, respectively, based on the images reconstructed from 360 projections of the 40 kVp beam (or x-ray dose of 3.44 cGy). The background noise for the image resulting in the lowest GNP detection limit was 25 Hounsfield units. CONCLUSION:The transmission CT component within the current experimental benchtop CT + XFCT system produced images deemed acceptable for multimodal (CT + XFCT) imaging purposes, with less than 4 cGy of x-ray dose.
Keywords: Computed tomography, x-ray fluorescence computed tomography, x-ray dose, image resolution
DOI: 10.3233/XST-180457
Journal: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 431-442, 2019
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