US 10,420,526 B2Granted

Optimizing CT scanning parameter

AssigneeShenyang Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd.

InventorsShanshan Lou, Dan Lv, Ling Pang, Changkun Liu

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Abstract

A method for optimizing CT scanning parameter is disclosed. A target group may be generated from a plurality of reference information samples. Each of the reference information samples may include subject information, information indicating a scanning protocol, one or more scanning parameter values and information indicating reconstructed image quality; the target group can consist of one or more reference information samples with the same subject information and the same scanning protocol. A scanning parameter optimization may be performed according to reconstructed image qualities and scanning parameter values of reference information samples in the target group, so as to acquire a target scanning parameter value of the target group. And according to the target scanning parameter value, a reference X-ray irradiation dose corresponding to the scanning protocol and the subject information of the target group may be determined.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A method for optimizing a CT scanning parameter, includes:

acquiring a plurality of reference information samples, wherein each of the reference information samples includes subject information, information indicating a scanning protocol, one or more scanning parameter values and information indicating reconstructed image quality, wherein the subject information of the reference information sample comprises one or more from a body size, a gender, an age and a body mass index, and the scanning protocol of the reference information sample indicates a region which is scanned based on the one or more scanning parameter values;
generating a target group from the plurality of reference information samples, wherein the target group consists of one or more reference information samples in which the subject information is same as that of a subject to be scanned and the scanning protocol indicates a region to be scanned of the subject;
selecting an optimal group from the target group, wherein each of the reference information samples in the optimal group has a reconstructed image quality higher than a first preset score;
obtaining an average of scanning parameter values of reference information samples in the optimal group as a target scanning parameter value;
determining a reference X-ray irradiation dose according to the target scanning parameter value, wherein the reference X-ray irradiation dose corresponds to the scanning protocol and the subject information of the target group;
and
obtaining a reconstructed image of the region of the subject by scanning the region of the subject based on the target scanning parameter value and the reference X-ray irradiation dose;
wherein the subject information of a reference information sample is determined by:
converting pilot film data of a slice corresponding to the reference information sample or projection data of a field view image in the reference information sample into an equivalent attenuation domain;
calculating an equivalent attenuation area according to the data in the equivalent attenuation domain;
calculating an attenuation diameter of an equivalent water phantom according to the equivalent attenuation area;
and
taking the attenuation diameter of the equivalent water phantom as the subject information of the reference information sample;
wherein the equivalent attenuation area is calculated as follows:
S
=
∑
i
=
0
N
-
1
⁢
(
μ
i
⁢
l
i
+
μ
i
+
1
⁢
l
i
+
1
)
*
Δ
/
2
;
wherein, the S represents the equivalent attenuation area,
the N represents the number of detecting channels in a CT scanner system, wherein the CT scanner system comprises a detector with multiple, adjacent detecting units,
the μi represents an average attenuation coefficient corresponding to the ith detecting channel,
the li represents a length of attenuation path corresponding to the ith detecting channel, and
the Δ represents a distance between centers of two adjacent detecting units in the CT scanner system.

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A method for optimizing a CT scanning parameter, includes:

acquiring a plurality of reference information samples, wherein each of the reference information samples includes subject information, information indicating a scanning protocol, one or more scanning parameter values and information indicating reconstructed image quality, wherein the subject information of the reference information sample comprises one or more from a body size, a gender, an age and a body mass index, and the scanning protocol of the reference information sample indicates a region which is scanned based on the one or more scanning parameter values;
generating a target group from the plurality of reference information samples, wherein the target group consists of one or more reference information samples in which the subject information is same as that of a subject to be scanned and the scanning protocol indicates a region to be scanned of the subject;
selecting an optimal group from the target group, wherein each of the reference information samples in the optimal group has a reconstructed image quality higher than a first preset score;
obtaining an average of scanning parameter values of reference information samples in the optimal group as a target scanning parameter value;
determining a reference X-ray irradiation dose according to the target scanning parameter value, wherein the reference X-ray irradiation dose corresponds to the scanning protocol and the subject information of the target group;
and
obtaining a reconstructed image of the region of the subject by scanning the region of the subject based on the target scanning parameter value and the reference X-ray irradiation dose;
wherein, wherein the subject information of a reference information sample is determined by:
determining a major axis and a minor axis of a reconstructed image corresponding to the reference information sample;
simulating an equivalent ellipse according to the major axis and the minor axis;
converting the equivalent ellipse into an equivalent circle of the same area;
calculating the diameter of the equivalent circle as an equivalent diameter;
and
taking the equivalent diameter as the subject information of the reference information sample.

11 more elements

A method for optimizing a CT scanning parameter, includes:

acquiring a plurality of reference information samples, wherein each of the reference information samples includes subject information, information indicating a scanning protocol, one or more scanning parameter values and information indicating reconstructed image quality, wherein the subject information of the reference information sample comprises one or more from a body size, a gender, an age and a body mass index, and the scanning protocol of the reference information sample indicates a region which is scanned based on the one or more scanning parameter values;
generating a target group from the plurality of reference information samples, wherein the target group consists of one or more reference information samples in which the subject information is same as that of a subject to be scanned and the scanning protocol indicates a region to be scanned of the subject;
selecting an optimal group from the target group, wherein each of the reference information samples in the optimal group has a reconstructed image quality higher than a first preset score;
performing a scanning parameter optimization according to reconstructed image qualities and scanning parameter values of reference information samples in the optimal group, so as to acquire a target scanning parameter value corresponding to the subject information and the scanning protocol of the target group;
determining a reference X-ray irradiation dose according to the target scanning parameter value, wherein the reference X-ray irradiation dose corresponds to the scanning protocol and the subject information of the target group;
and
obtaining a reconstructed image of the region of the subject by scanning the region of the subject based on the target scanning parameter value and the reference X-ray irradiation dose;
wherein, the reference X-ray irradiation dose is determined by calculating with the following equation:
mAs
scan
=
DoesRightFactor
2
*
mAs
ref
*
pow
⁡
(
exp
⁡
(
-
μ
water
*
D
ref
)
exp
⁡
(
-
μ
water
*
D
scam
)
,
adjCoef
)
;
wherein, the mAsscan represents a reference X-ray irradiation dose corresponding to the target scanning parameter value,
the mAsref represents a default optimal X-ray irradiation dose of the scanning protocol,
the DoesRightFactor represents a regulatory factor,
the μwater represents an attenuation coefficient of water,
the Dref represents a default attenuation diameter of an equivalent water phantom in the scanning protocol,
the Dscan represents an attenuation diameter of the equivalent water phantom of an examined subject, and
the adjCoef represents an adjusting coefficient.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/986,556Filed 31 Dec 2015
Priority: CN 2014 1 085061731 Dec 2014
Published: US 2016/0183905 A130 Jun 2016
Granted: 24 Sep 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A61B 6/583
Calibration: using calibration phantoms
A61B 6/542
Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis: involving control of exposure
A61B 6/545
Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis: involving automatic set-up of acquisition parameters
A61B 6/582
Testing, adjusting or calibrating thereof: calibration