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  • Title: Diagnostic performance of reduced-dose CT with a hybrid iterative reconstruction algorithm for the detection of hypervascular liver lesions: a phantom study.
    Author: Nakamoto A, Tanaka Y, Juri H, Nakai G, Yoshikawa S, Narumi Y.
    Journal: Eur Radiol; 2017 Jul; 27(7):2995-3003. PubMed ID: 27957640.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: To investigate the diagnostic performance of reduced-dose CT with a hybrid iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithm for the detection of hypervascular liver lesions. METHODS: Thirty liver phantoms with or without simulated hypervascular lesions were scanned with a 320-slice CT scanner with control-dose (40 mAs) and reduced-dose (30 and 20 mAs) settings. Control-dose images were reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP), and reduced-dose images were reconstructed with FBP and a hybrid IR algorithm. Objective image noise and the lesion to liver contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were evaluated quantitatively. Images were interpreted independently by 2 blinded radiologists, and jackknife alternative free-response receiver-operating characteristic (JAFROC) analysis was performed. RESULTS: Hybrid IR images with reduced-dose settings (both 30 and 20 mAs) yielded significantly lower objective image noise and higher CNR than control-dose FBP images (P < .05). However, hybrid IR images with reduced-dose settings had lower JAFROC1 figure of merit than control-dose FBP images, although only the difference between 20 mAs images and control-dose FBP images was significant for both readers (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: An aggressive reduction of the radiation dose would impair the detectability of hypervascular liver lesions, although objective image noise and CNR would be preserved by a hybrid IR algorithm. KEY POINTS: • A half-dose scan with a hybrid iterative reconstruction preserves objective image quality. • A hybrid iterative reconstruction algorithm does not improve diagnostic performance. • An aggressive dose reduction would impair the detectability of low-contrast lesions.
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