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CT Scan
By: Asadinezhad, MohsenPhD in Medical Physics
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Contents Early History Tomography CT History CT Generations Spiral CT MultiSlice CT Digital Image CT Number Windowing
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Contents Major Componemts
X-Ray Tube Beam Filtration Collimators Detectors
Image Reconstruction Image Quality
Spatial Resolution Contrast Resolution Noise
CT Radiation Dose Artifacts 3
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References1. Euclid Seeram, Computed Tomography:
Principles, clinical applications and quality control, W.B.SANDERS Company
ني و كنترل كامپيوتري اصول فيزيكي، موارد استفاده بالي توموگرافيبهزادنيا، تانازياميرحسين قاسمي مهر و مترجمين، سيرام اوكليدكيفي،
جهانتابانتشارات 2. Thomas S Curry, James E Dowdey, Robert C
Murrey, Christensen's physics of diagnostic radiology
3. Matthias Hofer, CT teaching manual, THIEME4
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Limitations of Radiography
Structures superimposed on film
Must view structure of interest through underlying / overlying structures
Patient
X-rayBeam
Film
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Limitations of Radiography
Multiple views often required to adequately visualize a structure.
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Limitations of Radiography
Optical density dictated by total attenuation encountered by beam
Thin highly-attenuating objects appear to be same density as thicker low-attenuating object.
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Thin denseobject
Thick lessdense object
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Early Solution: Conventional Tomography
Sectional imaging methods first developed in 1920’s
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Tomography
Body section radiography Planigraphy Stratigraphy Laminography Tomography Tomography (by ICRU in 1962)
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Early History:Conventional Tomography
First used in 1935 Image produced on film Image plane oriented parallel to film Anatomy in plane of fulcrum stays in focus Anatomy outside of fulcrum plane mechanically blurred
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Conventional Tomography BlurringConventional Tomography Blurring
Image produced on film
Objects above or below fulcrum plane change position on film & thus blur
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Conventional Tomography Blurring
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Tube trajectories in Tomography
Linear Elliptical Circular Spiral Hypocycloidal Figure 8
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Limitations of Conventional Tomography
Overlying / underlying structures blurred, not removed
5-10% subject contrast difference required for objects to appear different many anatomic systems do not have this subject
contrast
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fracture of the base of the odontoid process with anterior displacement of the atlas
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AP Projection Tomogram
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TMJ
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CT Advantages View anatomy without looking
through underlying / overlying structures improves contrast
Uses tightly collimated beam minimizes scattered radiation improves contrast
Demonstrates very small contrast differences reliable & repeatedly
CT X-rayBeam
ConventionalX-ray Beam
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Film as a Radiation Detector
Analog not quantitative
Not sensitive enough to distinguish small differences in incident radiation
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CT Detectors
electronic / quantitative extremely sensitive
small radiation input differences reliably & repeatedly measured & discerned
output digitized & sent to computer
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How Did We Go From…
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Conventional vs Axial Tomography
Conventional Cut
CT Axial Cut
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Radiography vs. CT Imaging Limits of radiography / fluoroscopy
3D structures are collapsed into 2D image (obscuring of details, loss of one dimension)
Low soft-tissue contrast Not quantitative
Features of x-ray CT X-ray imaging modality (same principles of
generation, interaction, detection) Generation of a sliced view of body interior (“T”,
Tomography from Greek tomos = slice) Computational intensive image reconstruction (“C”)
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CT Image Not produced on film Mathematically reconstructed from many
projection measurements of radiation intensity Digital Image calculated
Compu-ter
Digital Image
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Basic principles
Mathematical principles of CT were first developed in 1917 by the Austrian mathematician Johann Radon (1887-1956)
Proved that an image of an unknown object could be produced if one had an infinite number of projections through the object
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Basic principles
Idea popularized by a physicist (Allan Cormack) at Tufts Univ. (1963)
Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924–1998) shortly after the official announcement of the Nobel Prizes for medicine in 1979
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CT HistoryCT History
First test images in 1967 First clinical images ~ 1971 First commercial scanner 1972
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CT HistoryCT History CT made possible by high speed minicomputer
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CT Computers Old mainframe computers too expensive & bulky
to be dedicated to CT
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Godfrey Hounsfield, the English engineer developed the first CT scanner (1972) received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1979 together with the physicist A.M. Cormack
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Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) Computerized Trans Axial Tomography (CTAT) Computerized Reconstruction Tomography (CRT) Digital Axial Tomography (DAT) Computed Tomography (CT)
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Before Hounsfield and Cormack ....projection radiography, skull
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Hounsfield: brain scan produced in 1974 with an 80 x 80 image matrix (a) and sagittal reconstruction generated from single scans taken with a spacing of 13 mm
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Whole Body Scans
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Topogram, Scout View, Scanogramor Pilot View.
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CT Generations
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First Generation (1970), Translation/Rotation, Pencil Beam
EMI Mark I (Hounsfield), pencil beam scanner (highly collimated source) excellent scatter rejection, now outdated
2 detectors 160 measurements during translation/ 180 - 240 rotation angle in steps of ~1 Used for the head (water bag fit tightly around head, Original computer
software couldn’t deal with transition from skull to air) 5-min scan time, 20-min reconstruction Original resolution: 80 80 pixels (ea. 3 3 mm2), 13-mm slice
X-ray Tube
Detector
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Second Generation (1972), Translation/Rotation, Narrow Fan Beam
Narrow Fan beam (10˚) Linear detector array (~5-30 detectors) 180 ˚ rotation angle in steps of 5-10˚ Reduced number of view angles scan time ~20-30 s Slightly more complicated reconstruction algorithms because
of fan-beam projection
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3rd Generation Geometry
Patient
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Third Generation (1976), Rotation/Rotation, Wide Fan Beam
Wide fan beam (30-60˚) covers entire object 30-900 detectors (ionization chamber or scintillation detector) No translation required scan time ~seconds (reduced dose,
motion artifacts) Reconstruction time ~seconds Pulsed source (reduces heat load, radiation dose) Ring Artifact
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4th Generation CT4th Generation CT
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Fourth Generation (1978), Rotation/Stationary, Wide Fan Beam
Wide fan beam (30-60˚) covers entire object Stationary detector ring (600 – 4800 scintillation detectors) Rotating x-ray tube (inside or outside detector ring) Scan time, reconstruction time ~1 second Source either inside detector ring or outside (rocking, nutating
detectors)
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Comparison of 3rd and 4th Generation
Both designs currently employed, neither can be considered superior
3rd Generation (GE, Siemens):Fewer detectors (better match, cheaper)Good scatter rejection with focused septa
4th Generation (Picker, Toshiba):Less moving partsDetectors calibrated twice per rotation
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3rd & 4th Generation (Non-spiral) CT
Tube rotates once around patient Table stationary data for one slice collected
Table increments one slice thickness Repeat
Tube rotates opposite direction
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Spiral CT
Patient
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Spiral CTSpiral CT Continuous rotation of gantry & linear motion of patient
table Patient moves slowly through gantry Cables of old scanners allowed only 360o rotation (or
just a little more) Tube had to stop and reverse direction No imaging done during this time
No delay between slices Dynamic studies now limited only by tube heating
considerations Increased coverage volume / rotation
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Slip rings - spiral CT
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Spiral CT
table increment during one 360° rotation Pitch factor = -------------------------------------------------
slice thickness
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Pitch factor = 1
table motion during one 360° rotation Slice Pitch = ---------------------------------------------
slice thickness
Pitch factor = 1 means slices touch each other
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Pitch factor >1
table motion during one 360° rotation Slice Pitch = ---------------------------------------------
slice thickness
Pitch factor > 1 means gap in slices
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Pitch factor <1
table motion during one 360° rotation Slice Pitch = ---------------------------------------------
slice thickness
Pitch factor < 1 means overlap in slices Can improve visualization of objects
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Pitch factor = 1
equivalent dose to non-spiral
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Pitch factor >1
lower dose for spiral if table increment per rotation > one slice thickness
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Pitch factor <1
higher dose for spiral if table increment per rotation < one slice thickness
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5th Generation: Scanners for CV Imaging – “Imatron”
No moving parts Electromagnetically swept electron beam 50 ms scan time imaging of beating heart Developed 1983 Multi slice capability
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Cine CT (Imatron)Cine CT (Imatron) four tungsten target rings that makes a 210° arc around the patient
replaces conventional x-ray tube electron beam sweeps over each annular target ring
can be done at electronic speeds 2 detector rings with arcs of 216°
One arc with 432 detector, another with 864 detector (higher resoution) Cadmium tungstate crystal (CdWO4)
maximum scan rate 24 frames per second
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Electron-beam CT, also known as fifth-generation CT
Wolbarst A B , Hendee W R Radiology 2006;238:16-39
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