Electron-beam CT: use of a calibration phantom to reduce variability in calcium quantitation.

Abstract:

PURPOSE:To measure scanner and patient variation in computed tomographic (CT) numbers for electron-beam CT and to determine the ability of calibration phantoms to reduce variability in calcium quantitation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two calibration phantoms were imaged to ensure longitudinal homogeneity and to determine the short-term intrascanner variation in CT numbers. Each phantom set was imaged twice a day for 14 weeks to determine intra- and interscanner variation. Data from examinations of 167 patients that included the phantom were analyzed to determine the intra- and interpatient variation in CT numbers of objects with known calcium concentrations. RESULTS:The calibration reduced scanner variations by approximately 25%. The calcium concentration associated with a CT number of 130 HU varied from 77.1 to 136.4 mg/cm3 and was dependent on patient girth, sex, smoking history, and image level. CONCLUSION:Scanner and patient variations in CT numbers in electron-beam CT can be reduced with a calibration phantom. In vitro and in vivo estimates of calcium concentration had a precision of 2% and 7%, respectively.

journal_name

Radiology

journal_title

Radiology

authors

McCollough CH,Kaufmann RB,Cameron BM,Katz DJ,Sheedy PF 2nd,Peyser PA

doi

10.1148/radiology.196.1.7784560

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-07-01 00:00:00

pages

159-65

issue

1

eissn

0033-8419

issn

1527-1315

journal_volume

196

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