Reduced Radiation Exposure of the Female Breast During Low-Dose Chest CT Using Organ-Based Tube Current Modulation and a Bismuth Shield: Comparison of Image Quality and Radiation Dose
- Authors
- Kim, Yoon Kyung; Sung, Yon Mi; Choi, Jin Ho; Kim, Eun Young; Kim, Hyung Sik
- Issue Date
- Mar-2013
- Publisher
- AMER ROENTGEN RAY SOC
- Keywords
- bismuth shield; breast; chest; CT; radiation dosimetry
- Citation
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, v.200, no.3, pp.537 - 544
- Journal Title
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
- Volume
- 200
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 537
- End Page
- 544
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/14717
- DOI
- 10.2214/AJR.12.9237
- ISSN
- 0361-803X
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to evaluate the effect of organ-based tube current modulation and bismuth shielding on image quality and breast radiation dose in women undergoing low-dose chest CT. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. From March 2011 through July 2011, 80 women prospectively underwent low-dose chest CT to screen for lung cancer. The patients were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 20), organ-based tube current modulation group (n = 20), breast shield group (n = 20), or breast shield plus organ-based tube current modulation group (n = 20). Axial slice images of the aortic arch, carina, and inferior pulmonary vein were used to analyze image quality. Three radiologists scored the image quality in terms of artifact and noise and then characterized the overall image quality as optimal (does not affect the diagnostic accuracy) or suboptimal (affects the diagnostic accuracy). Noise levels were measured in the anterior and posterior lung in each image. A phantom dose study was conducted to measure radiation dose. RESULTS. Images with artifacts or noise were more frequently obtained in the breast shield groups; however, the overall image quality was not significantly different among the four groups. Measured noise levels in the anterior lung were significantly higher in the breast shield groups than the control group; however, no statistical significance was found among the four groups with regard to noise level in the posterior lung. In the phantom dose study, a 16-37.5% dose reduction in the breast was achieved using the breast shield, organ-based tube current modulation protocol, or both. CONCLUSION. The radiation dose in the female breast may be reduced using a breast shield or organ-based tube current modulation during low-dose chest CT with acceptable image quality. The use of organ-based tube current modulation reduced the radiation dose in the breast without inducing image quality deterioration.
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