Effective Spatial Resolution of Photon Counting CT for Imaging of Trabecular Structures is Superior to Conventional Clinical CT and Similar to High Resolution Peripheral CT

核医学 图像分辨率 扫描仪 材料科学 体素 生物医学工程 医学 部分容积 放射科 光学 物理
作者
Felix Thomsen,Sebastian Horstmeier,Julius Henning Niehoff,Jaime Peña,Jan Borggrefe
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期刊:Investigative Radiology [Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer)]
卷期号:57 (9): 620-626 被引量:53
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DOI:10.1097/rli.0000000000000873
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Objectives Photon counting computed tomography (PCCT) might offer an effective spatial resolution that is significantly improved compared with conventional state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) and even provide a microstructural level of detail similar to high-resolution peripheral CT (HR-pQCT). The aim of this study was to evaluate the volumetric effective spatial resolution of clinically approved PCCT as an alternative to HR-pQCT for ex vivo or preclinical high-resolution imaging of bone microstructure. Materials and Methods The experiment contained 5 human vertebrae embedded in epoxy resin, which were scanned 3 times each, and on 3 different clinical CT scanners: a PCCT (Naeotom Alpha), a dual-energy CT (Somatom Force [SF]), and a single-energy CT (Somatom Sensation 40 [S40]), all manufactured by Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany). Scans were performed with a tube voltage of 120 kVp and, to provide maximum scan performance and minimum noise deterioration, with exposures of 1500 mAs (SF), 2400 mAs (S40), and 4500 mAs (PCCT) and low slice increments of 0.1 (PCCT) and 0.3 mm (SF, S40). Images were reconstructed with sharp and very sharp bone kernels, Br68 and Br76 (PCCT), Br64 (SF), and B65s and B75h (S40). Ground truth information was obtained from an XtremeCT scanner (Scanco, Brüttisellen, Switzerland). Voxel-wise comparison was performed after registration, calibration, and resampling of the volumes to isotropic voxel size of 0.164 mm. Three-dimensional point spread- and modulation-transfer functions were calculated with Wiener’s deconvolution in the anatomical trabecular structure, allowing optimum estimation of device- and kernel-specific smoothing properties as well as specimen-related diffraction effects on the measurement. Results At high contrast (modulation transfer function [MTF] of 10%), radial effective resolutions of PCCT were 10.5 lp/cm (minimum resolvable object size 476 μm) for kernel Br68 and 16.9 lp/cm (295 μm) for kernel Br76. At low contrast (MTF 5%), radial effective spatial resolutions were 10.8 lp/cm (464 μm) for kernel Br68 and 30.5 lp/cm (164 μm) for kernel Br76. Axial effective resolutions of PCCT for both kernels were between 27.0 (185 μm) and 29.9 lp/cm (167 μm). Spatial resolutions with kernel Br76 might possibly be still higher but were technically limited by the isotropic voxel size of 164 μm. The effective volumetric resolutions of PCCT with kernel Br76 ranged between 61.9 (MTF 10%) and 222.4 (MTF 5%) elements per cubic mm. Photon counting CT improved the effective volumetric resolution by factor 5.5 (MTF 10%) and 18 (MTF 5%) compared with SF and by a factor of 8.7 (MTF 10%) and 20 (MTF 5%) compared with S40. Photon counting CT allowed obtaining similar structural information as HR-pQCT. Conclusions The effective spatial resolution of PCCT in trabecular bone imaging was comparable with that of HR-pQCT and more than 5 times higher compared with conventional CT. For ex vivo samples and when patient radiation dose can be neglected, PCCT allows imaging bone microstructure at a preclinical level of detail.
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