Journal
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 78-82Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000970
Keywords
dual-energy scanned projection radiography; contrast material; breast carcinoma
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Objective This study aimed to evaluate virtual monochromatic images (VMIs) obtained using dual-layer dual-energy computed tomography (CT) for breast carcinoma. Methods We retrospectively enrolled 28 patients with breast cancer who were pathologically diagnosed using dual-layer dual-energy CT. Virtual monochromatic images (40-200 keV) were generated. We compared CT number, image noise, contrast, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between VMIs with the highest CNR and conventional CT images. We performed qualitative image analysis between VMIs at optimized energy and conventional CT images. Results Image noise of VMIs was not significantly different from that of the conventional CT images. As the x-ray energy decreased, CNR increased. The 40-keV VMIs were highest CNR and higher than that of the conventional CT images. In qualitative image analysis, the 40-keV images were significantly higher than conventional CT images. Conclusion Both qualitative and quantitative analyses showed that the image quality of VMIs at 40 keV was significantly higher than that of conventional CT images.
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