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  • Title: Image Quality Performance of Virtual Single-Source CT Using Dual-Source Computed Tomography.
    Author: Alikhani B, Werner M, Jamali L, Wacker F, Werncke T.
    Journal: Acad Radiol; 2019 Aug; 26(8):1095-1101. PubMed ID: 30482627.
    Abstract:
    RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to analyze the image quality provided by a dual-source (DS) data set and a single-source (SS) data set at the same radiation exposure, in order to evaluate a dose splitting method for dual-source scanning protocols. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 192-slice dual-source third generation CT (Somatom Force; Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany) was used to image a Catphan phantom (Catphan503; The Phantom Laboratory, Salem, New York) utilizing different X-ray tube voltages from 70 to 120 kVp with an organ-based tube-current modulation technique (X-CARE; Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany). In order to keep the radiation dose (given by volume computed tomography dose index) in a clinically relevant range, different X-ray tube time-current products ranging from 80 to 300 mAs were selected. The data sets by each X-ray tube voltage were collected using a single-source as well as a dual-source mode. The measurements in the dual-source mode were performed with five different tube currents of the X-ray tube A and B. Thereby, the tube current ratios were 50%|50% (DS 0.5), 60%|40% (DS 0.6), 70%|30% (DS 0.7), 80%|20% (DS 0.8), and 90%|10% (DS 0.9). The images were reconstructed by the use of a filter-back projection (Br40) and an advanced mode led iterative reconstruction algorithms (advanced modeled iterative reconstruction algorithms [ADMIRE]; Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany) with a strength range of 1-5. The image quality was evaluated in terms of noise, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), low-contrast detectability expressed as the structural similarity index (SSIM) and spatial resolution quantified by the full width at half maximum of the line-spread function. RESULTS: Image noise decreased by the use of the dual-source mode, which led to improvement of their CNR compared to the single-source mode. SSIM showed an almost constant behavior by both modes. The spatial resolution indicated a lower trend by the dual-source mode in comparison to the single-source mode. However, the loss of the spatial resolution performance was lower than 5% for the dual-source modes. CONCLUSION: The presented phantom study demonstrated that SSIM and spatial resolution performance obtained by dual-source CT protocols showed a negligible variation to those by the single-source CT. However, the noise and CNR displayed an improvement for the dual-source CT. Therefore, the use of the dual-source CT enables to split the radiation dose between X-ray tubes and to compare the data sets with different radiation dose levels without loss in the image quality.
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