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Do quantitative metrics derived from standard fluoroscopy phantoms used for quality control assess vendor-specific advancements in interventional fluoroscopy systems?
MEDICAL IMAGING 2017: IMAGE PERCEPTION, OBSERVER PERFORMANCE, AND TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, v 10136, pp 1013619-1013619-8
01 Jan 2017
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Abstract
Approximately 9 million fluoroscopically-guided interventional procedures are performed annually in the USA. Recent technological advancements for interventional fluoroscopy systems have focused towards vendor-specific real-time image and signal processing. Hence, the purpose of this study was to evaluate if quantitative metrics derived from standard image quality phantoms, routinely used for quality control, are able to distinguish vendor-specific processing features for interventional fluoroscopy systems. Six standard image quality phantoms were used to measure contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), full-width-at-half-maximum (for determining edge blurring) and modulation transfer function, to analyze contrast detail characteristics, and to assess digital subtraction angiography (DSA) performance of six flat-panel detector based interventional fluoroscopy systems from Philips (with and without ClarityIQ) and Siemens. Phantom data were acquired at different dose modes and field-of-view settings. Fluoroscopy loops and digital subtraction acquisitions were saved (duration 3 seconds; repeated 3 times). Images were analyzed off-line using ImageJ. CNR measurements showed no differences between systems, whereas the contrast-detail analysis and edge blurring characterization showed relatively low performance of Philips Clarity systems compared to Siemens and Philips non-Clarity systems. Conversely, the modulation transfer function showed that the limiting spatial resolution was higher for the Philips systems relative to the Siemens suite. However, with the DSA phantom the performance of Siemens and Philips Clarity-systems was similar. In conclusion, depending on the image quality phantom used for comparing different systems, the results may differ and therefore, quantitative metrics derived from standard fluoroscopy phantoms lack the discriminatory ability to assess vendor-specific advancements in interventional fluoroscopy systems.
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- Title
- Do quantitative metrics derived from standard fluoroscopy phantoms used for quality control assess vendor-specific advancements in interventional fluoroscopy systems?
- Creators
- Mark A. Forsberg - Thomas Jefferson UniversityDavid J. Eschelman - Thomas Jefferson UniversityPrakruti Talreja - Thomas Jefferson UniversityJaydev K. Dave - Thomas Jefferson University
- Contributors
- M A Kupinski (Editor)R M Nishikawa (Editor)
- Publication Details
- MEDICAL IMAGING 2017: IMAGE PERCEPTION, OBSERVER PERFORMANCE, AND TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, v 10136, pp 1013619-1013619-8
- Series
- Proceedings of SPIE
- Publisher
- Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 4794 / RSNA Research Medical Student Grant Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000405563400043
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85020289226
- Other Identifier
- 991019350595304721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Optics
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging