Personalized, scout-based dose estimation for prospective optimization of CT tube current modulation

Maria Medrano; Sen Wang; Abdullah-Al-Zubaer Imran; Grant Stevens; Justin Ruey Tse; Adam Wang

doi:10.1117/12.3006268

1 April 2024 Personalized, scout-based dose estimation for prospective optimization of CT tube current modulation

Maria Medrano, Sen Wang, Abdullah-Al-Zubaer Imran, Grant Stevens, Justin Ruey Tse, Adam Wang

Proceedings Volume 12925, Medical Imaging 2024: Physics of Medical Imaging; 129251J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3006268
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2024, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

CT diagnostic imaging is a major contributor to ionizing radiation exposure in the United States. Unfortunately, a reduction in radiation dose often results in degraded image quality. Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) is the most commonly used method to balance image quality and dose in x-ray CT, generally by modifying the scan’s tube current modulation (TCM) parameters. To allow current AEC techniques to be better personalized to the patient size, organ dose, and clinical task, our team previously proposed Scout-Dose and Scout-IQA to prospectively estimate dose and noise from frontal and lateral scouts, scan range, and TCM map. In this study, we evaluate for the first time the performance of our scout-based organ dose and noise predictions in an optimization framework to prospectively determine real-time, personalized TCM maps from a patient’s acquired scouts and scan ranges.

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Maria Medrano, Sen Wang, Abdullah-Al-Zubaer Imran, Grant Stevens, Justin Ruey Tse, and Adam Wang "Personalized, scout-based dose estimation for prospective optimization of CT tube current modulation", Proc. SPIE 12925, Medical Imaging 2024: Physics of Medical Imaging, 129251J (1 April 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3006268

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