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52. Academic program recommendations for graduate degrees in medical physics: AAPM Report No. 365 (Revision of Report No. 197)
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Jay W. Burmeister, Nathan C. Busse, Ashley J. Cetnar, Rebecca R. Howell, Robert Jeraj, A. Kyle Jones, Steven H. King, Kenneth L. Matthews, Victor J. Montemayor, Wayne Newhauser, Anna E. Rodrigues, Ehsan Samei, Timothy V. Turkington, Mary P. Gronberg, Brian Loughery, Alison R. Roth, Michael C. Joiner, Edward F. Jackson, Paul A. Naine, and Leonard H. Kim
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Radiation ,Education, Medical, Graduate ,Radiation Oncology ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Instrumentation ,Health Physics - Published
- 2022
53. Task-based validation and application of a scanner-specific CT simulator using an anthropomorphic phantom
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Sachin S. Shankar, Nicholas Felice, Eric A. Hoffman, Jarron Atha, Jessica C. Sieren, Ehsan Samei, and Ehsan Abadi
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General Medicine - Abstract
Quantitative analysis of computed tomography (CT) images traditionally utilizes real patient data that can pose challenges with replicability, efficiency, and radiation exposure. Instead, virtual imaging trials (VITs) can overcome these hurdles through computer simulations of models of patients and imaging systems. DukeSim is a scanner-specific CT imaging simulator that has previously been validated with simple cylindrical phantoms, but not with anthropomorphic conditions and clinically relevant measurements.To validate a scanner-specific CT simulator (DukeSim) for the assessment of lung imaging biomarkers under clinically relevant conditions across multiple scanners using an anthropomorphic chest phantom, and to demonstrate the utility of virtual trials by studying the effects or radiation dose and reconstruction kernels on the lung imaging quantifications.An anthropomorphic chest phantom with customized tube inserts was imaged with two commercial scanners (Siemens Force and Siemens Flash) at 28 dose and reconstruction conditions. A computational version of the chest phantom was used with a scanner-specific CT simulator (DukeSim) to simulate virtual images corresponding to the settings of the real acquisitions. Lung imaging biomarkers were computed from both real and simulated CT images and quantitatively compared across all imaging conditions. The VIT framework was further utilized to investigate the effects of radiation dose (20-300 mAs) and reconstruction settings (Qr32f, Qr40f, and Qr69f reconstruction kernels using ADMIRE strength 3) on the accuracy of lung imaging biomarkers, compared against the ground-truth values modeled in the computational chest phantom.The simulated CT images matched closely the real images for both scanners and all imaging conditions qualitatively and quantitatively, with the average biomarker percent error of 3.51% (range 0.002%-18.91%). The VIT study showed that sharper reconstruction kernels had lower accuracy with errors in mean lung HU of 84-94 HU, lung volume of 797-3785 cmWe comprehensively evaluated the realism of DukeSim in an anthropomorphic setup across a diverse range of imaging conditions. This study paves the way toward utilizing VITs more reliably for conducting medical imaging experiments that are not practical using actual patient images.
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54. Constancy Checking of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Systems.
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Jürgen Jacobs, Nicholas Marshall, Lesley Cockmartin, Ehsan Samei, and Hilde Bosmans
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- 2010
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55. Development and Application of a Suite of 4-D Virtual Breast Phantoms for Optimization and Evaluation of Breast Imaging Systems.
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Nooshin Kiarashi, Joseph Y. Lo, Yuan Lin, Lynda C. Ikejimba, Sujata V. Ghate, Loren W. Nolte, James T. Dobbins, William Paul Segars, and Ehsan Samei
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- 2014
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56. Knowledge Transfer across Breast Cancer Screening Modalities: A Pilot Study Using an Information-Theoretic CADe System for Mass Detection.
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Georgia D. Tourassi, Amy C. Sharma, Swatee Singh, Robert S. Saunders, Joseph Y. Lo, Ehsan Samei, and Brian P. Harrawood
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- 2008
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57. Assessment of Low Energies and Slice Depth in the Quantification of Breast Tomosynthesis.
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Christina M. Shafer, Ehsan Samei, Thomas Mertelmeier, Robert S. Saunders, Moustafa Zerhouni, and Joseph Y. Lo
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- 2008
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58. Multi-projection Correlation Imaging as a New Diagnostic Tool for Improved Breast Cancer Detection.
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Amarpreet S. Chawla, Ehsan Samei, Joseph Y. Lo, and Thomas Mertelmeier
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- 2008
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59. Breast Mass Detection under Increased Ambient Lighting.
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Benjamin J. Pollard, Amarpreet S. Chawla, Noriyuki Hashimoto, and Ehsan Samei
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- 2008
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60. Beam Optimization for Digital Mammography - II.
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Mark B. Williams, Priya Raghunathan, Anthony Seibert, Alex Kwan, Joseph Y. Lo, Ehsan Samei, Laurie Lee Fajardo, Andrew D. A. Maidment, Martin J. Yaffe, and Aili Bloomquist
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- 2006
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61. IS PHOTON-COUNTING CT MORE QUANTITATIVE?
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Mr Stevan Vrbaski, Mr Steve Bache, Justin Solomon, Adriano Contillo, Renata Longo, and Ehsan Samei
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Biophysics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,General Medicine - Published
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62. Development and Clinical Applications of a Virtual Imaging Framework for Optimizing Photon-counting CT
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Ehsan Abadi, Cindy McCabe, Brian Harrawood, Saman Sotoudeh-Paima, W. Paul . Segars, and Ehsan Samei
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The purpose of this study was to develop a virtual imaging framework that simulates a new photon-counting CT (PCCT) system (NAEOTOM Alpha, Siemens). The PCCT simulator was built upon the DukeSim platform, which generates projection images of computational phantoms given the geometry and physics of the scanner and imaging parameters. DukeSim was adapted to account for the geometry of the PCCT prototype. To model the photon-counting detection process, we utilized a Monte Carlo-based detector model with the known properties of the detectors. We validated the simulation platform against experimental measurements. The images were acquired at four dose levels (CTDI(vol) of 1.5, 3.0, 6.0, and 12.0 mGy) and reconstructed with three kernels (Br36, Br40, Br48). The experimental acquisitions were replicated using our developed simulation platform. The real and simulated images were quantitatively compared in terms of image quality metrics (HU values, noise magnitude, noise power spectrum, and modulation transfer function). The clinical utility of our framework was demonstrated by conducting two clinical applications (COPD quantifications and lung nodule radiomics). The phantoms with relevant pathologies were imaged with DukeSim modeling the PCCT systems. Different imaging parameters (e.g., dose, reconstruction techniques, pixel size, and slice thickness) were altered to investigate their effects on task-based quantifications. We successfully implemented the acquisition and physics attributes of the PCCT prototype into the DukeSim platform. The discrepancy between the real and simulated data was on average about 2 HU in terms of noise magnitude, 0.002 mm(−1) in terms of noise power spectrum peak frequency and 0.005 mm(−1) in terms of the frequency at 50% MTF. Analysis suggested that lung lesion radiomics to be more accurate with reduced pixel size and slice thickness. For COPD quantifications, higher doses, thinner slices, and softer kernels yielded more accurate quantification of density-based biomarkers. Our developed virtual imaging platform enables systematic comparison of new PCCT technologies as well as optimization of the imaging parameters for specific clinical tasks.
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- 2022
63. Is it possible to use low-dose deep learning reconstruction for the detection of liver metastases on CT routinely?
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Peijie Lyu, Nana Liu, Brian Harrawood, Justin Solomon, Huixia Wang, Yan Chen, Francesca Rigiroli, Yuqin Ding, Fides Regina Schwartz, Hanyu Jiang, Carolyn Lowry, Luotong Wang, Ehsan Samei, Jianbo Gao, and Daniele Marin
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,General Medicine - Abstract
To compare the image quality and hepatic metastasis detection of low-dose deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) with full-dose filtered back projection (FBP)/iterative reconstruction (IR).A contrast-detail phantom consisting of low-contrast objects was scanned at five CT dose index levels (10, 6, 3, 2, and 1 mGy). A total of 154 participants with 305 hepatic lesions who underwent abdominal CT were enrolled in a prospective non-inferiority trial with a three-arm design based on phantom results. Data sets with full dosage (13.6 mGy) and low dosages (9.5, 6.8, or 4.1 mGy) were acquired from two consecutive portal venous acquisitions, respectively. All images were reconstructed with FBP (reference), IR (control), and DLIR (test). Eleven readers evaluated phantom data sets for object detectability using a two-alternative forced-choice approach. Non-inferiority analyses were performed to interpret the differences in image quality and metastasis detection of low-dose DLIR relative to full-dose FBP/IR.The phantom experiment showed the dose reduction potential from DLIR was up to 57% based on the reference FBP dose index. Radiation decreases of 30% and 50% resulted in non-inferior image quality and hepatic metastasis detection with DLIR compared to full-dose FBP/IR. Radiation reduction of 70% by DLIR performed inferiorly in detecting small metastases (1 cm) compared to full-dose FBP (difference: -0.112; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.178 to 0.047) and full-dose IR (difference: -0.123; 95% CI: -0.182 to 0.053) (p0.001).DLIR enables a 50% dose reduction for detecting low-contrast hepatic metastases while maintaining comparable image quality to full-dose FBP and IR.• Non-inferiority study showed that deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) can reduce the dose to oncological patients with low-contrast lesions without compromising the diagnostic information. • Radiation dose levels for DLIR can be reduced to 50% of full-dose FBP and IR for detecting low-contrast hepatic metastases, while maintaining comparable image quality. • The reduction of radiation by 70% by DLIR is clinically acceptable but insufficient for detecting small low-contrast hepatic metastases (1 cm).
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- 2022
64. Inter- and intra-scan variability for lung imaging quantifications via CT
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Sachin S. Shankar, Eric A. Hoffman, Jarron Atha, Jessica C. Sieren, Ehsan Samei, and Ehsan Abadi
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CT imaging provides physicians valuable insights when diagnosing disease in a clinical setting. In order to provide an accurate diagnosis, is it important to have a high accuracy with controlled variability across CT scans from different scanners and imaging parameters. The purpose of this study was to analyze variability of lung imaging biomarkers across various scanners and parameters using a customized version of a commercially available anthropomorphic chest Phantom (Kyoto Kagaku) with several experimental sample inserts. The phantom was across 10 different CT scanners with a total of 209 imaging conditions. An algorithm was developed to compute different imaging biomarkers. Variability across images from the same scanner and from different scanners was analyzed by computing coefficients of variation (CV) and standard deviations of HU values. LAA −950 and LAA −856 biomarkers had the highest levels of variability, while the majority of other biomarkers had variability less than 10 HU or 10% CV in both inter and intra-scan measurements. There was no clear trend present between the biomarker measurements and CTDIvol. The results of this study demonstrates the existing variability in CT quantifications for lung imaging, which prompt further studies on how to reduce such variation.
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65. Liver fat quantification in photon counting CT in head to head comparison with clinical MRI – First experience
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Fides Regina Schwartz, Jeffrey Ashton, Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, Lior Molvin, Juan Carlos Ramirez-Giraldo, Ehsan Samei, Mustafa Rifaat Bashir, and Daniele Marin
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,General Medicine - Published
- 2023
66. Preliminary Evaluation of Biplane Correlation (BCI) Stereographic Imaging for Lung Nodule Detection.
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Sarah J. Boyce, H. Page McAdams, Carl E. Ravin, Edward F. Patz Jr., Lacey Washington, Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, Lynne M. Hurwitz Koweek, and Ehsan Samei
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- 2013
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67. Clinical concordance with Image Gently guidelines for pediatric computed tomography: a study across 663,417 CT scans at 53 clinical facilities
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John Heil, Taylor Smith, Ehsan Samei, and Donald P. Frush
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Image quality ,business.industry ,Concordance ,Radiation dose ,Ultrasound ,Computed tomography ,Ct dose index ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Cohort ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Radiology ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Neuroradiology - Abstract
Managing patient radiation dose in pediatric computed tomography (CT) examinations is essential. Some organizations, most notably Image Gently, have suggested techniques to lower dose to pediatric patients and mitigate risk while maintaining image quality. We sought to validate whether institutions are observing Image Gently guidelines in practice. Dose-relevant data from 663,417 abdomen-pelvis and chest CT scans were obtained from 53 facilities. Patients were assigned arbitrary age cohorts with a minimum size of n=12 patients in each age group, for statistical purposes. All pediatric (
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- 2021
68. Coronary Artery Calcium Evaluation Using New Generation Photon-counting Computed Tomography Yields Lower Radiation Dose Compared With Standard Computed Tomography
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Fides R. Schwartz, Melissa A. Daubert, Lior Molvin, Juan C. Ramirez-Giraldo, Ehsan Samei, Daniele Marin, and Tina D. Tailor
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging - Abstract
Prospective head-to-head comparison of coronary calcium scores between standard computed tomography (CT) and photon-counting CT show no significant differences, while photon-counting CT administers substantially lower radiation dose.
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- 2022
69. Emphysema quantifications with CT: Assessing the effects of acquisition protocols and imaging parameters using virtual imaging trials
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Ehsan, Abadi, Giavanna, Jadick, David A, Lynch, W Paul, Segars, and Ehsan, Samei
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CT has notable potential to quantify the severity and progression of patients with emphysema. Such quantification should ideally reflect the true attributes and pathologies of subjects, not scanner parameters. To achieve such an objective, the effects of the scanner conditions need to be understood so the influence can be mitigated.How do CT imaging parameters affect the accuracy of emphysema-based quantifications and biomarkers?Twenty anthropomorphic digital phantoms were developed with diverse anatomical attributes and emphysema abnormalities informed by a real COPD cohort. The phantoms were input to a validated CT simulator (DukeSim), modeling a commercial scanner (Siemens Flash). Virtual images were acquired under various clinical conditions of dose levels, tube current modulations (TCM), and reconstruction techniques and kernels. The images were analyzed to evaluate the effects of imaging parameters on the accuracy of density-based quantifications (LAA-950 and Perc15) across varied subjects. Paired t-tests were performed to explore statistical differences between any two imaging conditions.The most accurate imaging condition corresponded to the highest acquired dose (100 mAs) and iterative reconstruction (SAFIRE) with the smooth kernel of I31, where the measurement errors (difference between measurement and ground truth) were 35±3 HU, -4±5%, and 26±10 HU (average±std), for the mean lung HU, LAA-950, and Perc15, respectively. Without TCM and at the I31 kernel, increase of dose (20 to 100 mAs) improved the lung mean absolute error (MAE) by 4.2±2.3 HU (average±std). TCM did not contribute to a systematic improvement of lung MAE.The results highlight that while CT quantification is possible, its reliability is impacted by the choice of imaging parameters. The developed virtual imaging trial platform in this study enables comprehensive evaluation of CT methods in reliable quantifications, an effort that cannot be readily made with patient images or simplistic physical phantoms.
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- 2022
70. Cardiac CT reconstruction for vendor-neutral virtual imaging trials
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Darin P. Clark, Ehsan Abadi, Nicholas Felice, W. Paul Segars, Ehsan Samei, and Cristian T. Badea
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71. Virtual versus reality: external validation of COVID-19 classifiers using XCAT phantoms for chest radiography
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Lavsen Dahal, Fakrul Islam Tushar, Ehsan Abadi, Rafael B. Fricks, Maciej A. Mazurowski, W. Paul Segars, Ehsan Samei, and Joseph Y. Lo
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- 2022
72. Scanner-specific validation of a CT simulator using a COPD-emulated anthropomorphic phantom
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Sachin S. Shankar, Giavanna L. Jadick, Eric A. Hoffman, Jarron Atha, Jessica C. Sieren, Ehsan Samei, and Ehsan Abadi
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Traditional methods of quantitative analysis of CT images typically involve working with patient data, which is often expensive and limited in terms of ground truth. To counter these restrictions, quantitative assessments can instead be made through Virtual Imaging Trials (VITs) which simulate the CT imaging process. This study sought to validate DukeSim (a scanner-specific CT simulator) utilizing clinically relevant biomarkers for a customized anthropomorphic chest phantom. The physical phantom was imaged utilizing two commercial CT scanners (Siemens Somatom Force and Definition Flash) with varying imaging parameters. A computational version of the phantom was simulated utilizing DukeSim for each corresponding real acquisition. Biomarkers were computed and compared between the real and virtually acquired CT images to assess the validity of DukeSim. The simulated images closely matched the real images both qualitatively and quantitatively, with the average biomarker percent difference of 3.84% (range 0.19% to 18.27%). Results showed that DukeSim is reasonably well validated across various patient imaging conditions and scanners, which indicates the utility of DukeSim for further VIT studies where real patient data may not be feasible.
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- 2022
73. Photon-counting CT versus conventional CT for COPD quantifications: intra-scanner optimization and inter-scanner assessments using virtual imaging trials
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Saman Sotoudeh-Paima, W. Paul Segars, Ehsan Samei, and Ehsan Abadi
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease and a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Quantitative CT is a powerful tool to better understand the heterogeneity and severity of this disease. Quantitative CT is being increasingly used in COPD research, and the recent advancements in CT technology have made it even more encouraging. One recent advancement has been the development of photon-counting detectors, offering higher spatial resolution, higher image contrast, and lower noise levels in the images. However, the quantification performance of this new technology compared to conventional scanners remains unknown. Additionally, different protocol settings (e.g., different dose levels, slice thicknesses, reconstruction kernels and algorithms) affect quantifications in an unsimilar fashion. This study investigates the potential advantages of photon-counting CT (PCCT) against conventional energy-integrating detector (EID) CT and explores the effects of protocol settings on lung density quantifications in COPD patients. This study was made possible using a virtual imaging platform, taking advantage of anthropomorphic phantoms with COPD (COPD-XCAT) and a scanner-specific CT simulator (DukeSim). Having the physical and geometrical properties of three Siemens commercial scanners (Flash, Force for EID and NAEOTOM Alpha for PCCT) modeled, we simulated CT images of ten COPD-XCAT phantoms at 0.63 and 3.17 mGy dose levels and reconstructed at three levels of kernel sharpness. The simulated CT images were quantified in terms of "Lung mean absolute error (MAE)," "LAA -950," "Perc 15," "Lung mass" imaging biomarkers and compared against the ground truth values of the phantoms. The intra-scanner assessment demonstrated the superior qualitative and quantitative performance of the PCCT scanner over the conventional scanners (21.01% and 22.74% mean lung MAE improvement, and 53.97% and 68.13% mean LAA -950 error improvement compared to Flash and Force). The results also showed that higher mAs, thinner slices, smoother kernels, and iterative reconstruction could lead to more accurate and precise quantification scores. This study underscored the qualitative and quantitative benefits of PCCT against conventional EID scanners as well as the importance of optimal protocol choice within scanners for more accurate quantifications.
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- 2022
74. A truth-based primal-dual learning approach to reconstruct CT images utilizing the virtual imaging trial platform
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Mojtaba Zarei, Saman Sotoudeh-Paima, Ehsan Abadi, and Ehsan Samei
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Inherent to Computed tomography (CT) is image reconstruction, constructing 3D voxel values from noisy projection data. Modeling this inverse operation is not straightforward. Given the ill-posed nature of inverse problem in CT reconstruction, data-driven methods need regularization to enhance the accuracy of the reconstructed images. Besides, generalization of the results hinges upon the availability of large training datasets with access to ground truth. This paper offers a new strategy to reconstruct CT images with the advantage of ground truth accessible through a virtual imaging trial (VIT) platform. A learned primal-dual deep neural network (LPD-DNN) employed the forward model and its adjoint as a surrogate of the imaging's geometry and physics. VIT offered simulated CT projections paired with ground truth labels from anthropomorphic human models without image noise and resolution degradation. The models included a library of anthropomorphic, computational patient models (XCAT). The DukeSim simulator was utilized to form realistic projection data emulating the impact of the physics and geometry of a commercial-equivalent CT scanner. The resultant noisy sinogram data associated with each slice was thus generated for training. Corresponding linear attenuation coefficients of phantoms' materials at the effective energy of the x-ray spectrum were used as the ground truth labels. The LPD-DNN was deployed to learn the complex operators and hyper-parameters in the proximal primal-dual optimization. The obtained validation results showed a 12% normalized root mean square error with respect to the ground truth labels, a peak signal-to-noise ratio of 32 dB, a signal-to-noise ratio of 1.5, and a structural similarity index of 96%. These results were highly favorable compared to standard filtered-back projection reconstruction (65%, 17 dB, 1.0, 26%).
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- 2022
75. Optimization of imaging conditions in pediatric dynamic chest radiography: a virtual imaging trial
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Rie Tanaka, W. Paul . Segars, Ehsan Abadi, Shuhei Minami, and Ehsan Samei
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- 2022
76. Comparing two different noise magnitude estimation methods in CT using virtual imaging trials
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Francesco Ria, Giavanna L. Jadick, Ehsan Abadi, Justin B. Solomon, and Ehsan Samei
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- 2022
77. Development and validation of a generic image-based noise addition software for simulating reduced dose computed tomography images using synthetic projections
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Njood Alsaihati, Justin B. Solomon, and Ehsan Samei
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- 2022
78. Science and practice of imaging physics through 50 years of SPIE Medical Imaging conferences
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Adam S. Wang, Ian A. Cunningham, Mats Danielsson, Rebecca Fahrig, Thomas Flohr, Frederic Noo, Anders Tingberg, Wei Zhao, Ehsan Samei, Christoph Hoeschen, John M. Sabol, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, and John I. Yorkston
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Special Issue Celebrating 50 Years of SPIE Medical Imaging ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging - Abstract
Purpose: For 50 years now, SPIE Medical Imaging (MI) conferences have been the premier forum for disseminating and sharing new ideas, technologies, and concepts on the physics of MI. Approach: Our overarching objective is to demonstrate and highlight the major trajectories of imaging physics and how they are informed by the community and science present and presented at SPIE MI conferences from its inception to now. Results: These contributions range from the development of image science, image quality metrology, and image reconstruction to digital x-ray detectors that have revolutionized MI modalities including radiography, mammography, fluoroscopy, tomosynthesis, and computed tomography (CT). Recent advances in detector technology such as photon-counting detectors continue to enable new capabilities in MI. Conclusion: As we celebrate the past 50 years, we are also excited about what the next 50 years of SPIE MI will bring to the physics of MI.
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- 2022
79. Biplane Correlation Imaging: A Feasibility Study Based on Phantom and Human Data.
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Ehsan Samei, Nariman Majdi-Nasab, James T. Dobbins III, and H. Page McAdams
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- 2012
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80. The Effects of Ambient Lighting in Chest Radiology Reading Rooms.
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Benjamin J. Pollard, Ehsan Samei, Amarpreet S. Chawla, Craig Beam, Laura E. Heyneman, Lynne M. Hurwitz Koweek, Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, Lacey Washington, Noriyuki Hashimoto, and H. Page McAdams
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- 2012
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81. A database of 40 patient‐based computational models for benchmarking organ dose estimates in CT
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Ehsan Samei, Paul Segars, Xiaoyu Tian, and Francesco Ria
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Adult ,Male ,Computer science ,Monte Carlo method ,Computed tomography ,Radiation ,Radiation Dosage ,computer.software_genre ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,Consistency (database systems) ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Dosimetry ,Computer Simulation ,In patient ,Computational model ,Database ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Phantoms, Imaging ,General Medicine ,Benchmarking ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Benchmark (computing) ,Female ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Monte Carlo Method ,computer - Abstract
Purpose Patient radiation burden in computed tomography (CT) can best be characterized through risk estimates derived from organ doses. Organ doses can be estimated by Monte Carlo simulations of the CT procedures on computational phantoms assumed to emulate the patients. However, the results are subject to uncertainties related to how accurately the patient and CT procedure are modeled. Different methods can lead to different results. This paper, based on decades of organ dosimetry research, offers a database of CT scans, scan specifics, and organ doses computed using a validated Monte Carlo simulation of each patient and acquisition. It is aimed that the database can serve as means to benchmark different organ dose estimation methods against a benchmark dataset. Acquisition and validation methods Organ doses were estimated for 40 adult patients (22 male, 18 female) who underwent chest and abdominopelvic CT examinations. Patient-based computational models were created for each patient including 26 organs for female and 25 organs for male cases. A Monte Carlo code, previously validated experimentally, was applied to calculate organ doses under constant and two modulated tube current conditions. Data format and usage notes The generated database reports organ dose values for chest and abdominopelvic examinations per patient and imaging condition. Patient information and images and scan specifications (energy spectrum, bowtie filter specification, and tube current profiles) are provided. The database is available at publicly accessible digital repositories. Potential applications Consistency in patient risk estimation, and associated justification and optimization requires accuracy and consistency in organ dose estimation. The database provided in this paper is a helpful tool to benchmark different organ dose estimation methodologies to facilitate comparisons, assess uncertainties, and improve risk assessment of CT scans based on organ dose.
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- 2020
82. Noise and spatial resolution properties of a commercially available deep learning‐based CT reconstruction algorithm
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Justin Solomon, Daniele Marin, Ehsan Samei, and Peijei Lyu
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Physics ,Scanner ,Phantoms, Imaging ,Image quality ,business.industry ,Deep learning ,Reconstruction algorithm ,General Medicine ,Iterative reconstruction ,Radiation Dosage ,Standard deviation ,Imaging phantom ,Deep Learning ,Humans ,Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ,Artificial intelligence ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Image resolution ,Algorithm ,Algorithms - Abstract
PURPOSE To characterize the noise and spatial resolution properties of a commercially available deep learning-based computed tomography (CT) reconstruction algorithm. METHODS Two phantom experiments were performed. The first used a multisized image quality phantom (Mercury v3.0, Duke University) imaged at five radiation dose levels (CTDIvol : 0.9, 1.2, 3.6, 7.0, and 22.3 mGy) with a fixed tube current technique on a commercial CT scanner (GE Revolution CT). Images were reconstructed with conventional (FBP), iterative (GE ASiR-V), and deep learning-based (GE True Fidelity) reconstruction algorithms. Noise power spectrum (NPS), high-contrast (air-polyethylene interface), and intermediate-contrast (water-polyethylene interface) task transfer functions (TTF) were measured for each dose level and phantom size and summarized in terms of average noise frequency (fav ) and frequency at which the TTF was reduced to 50% (f50% ), respectively. The second experiment used a custom phantom with low-contrast rods and lung texture sections for the assessment of low-contrast TTF and noise spatial distribution. The phantom was imaged at five dose levels (CTDIvol : 1.0, 2.1, 3.0, 6.0, and 10.0 mGy) with 20 repeated scans at each dose, and images reconstructed with the same reconstruction algorithms. The local noise stationarity was assessed by generating spatial noise maps from the ensemble of repeated images and computing a noise inhomogeneity index, η , following AAPM TG233 methods. All measurements were compared among the algorithms. RESULTS Compared to FBP, noise magnitude was reduced on average (± one standard deviation) by 74 ± 6% and 68 ± 4% for ASiR-V (at "100%" setting) and True Fidelity (at "High" setting), respectively. The noise texture from ASiR-V had substantially lower noise frequency content with 55 ± 4% lower NPS fav compared to FBP while True Fidelity had only marginally different noise frequency content with 9 ± 5% lower NPS fav compared to FBP. Both ASiR-V and True Fidelity demonstrated locally nonstationary noise in a lung texture background at all radiation dose levels, with higher noise near high-contrast edges of vessels and lower noise in uniform regions. At the 1.0 mGy dose level η values were 314% and 271% higher in ASiR-V and True Fidelity compared to FBP, respectively. High-contrast spatial resolution was similar between all algorithms for all dose levels and phantom sizes (
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83. Variability of quantitative measurements of metastatic liver lesions: a multi-radiation-dose-level and multi-reader comparison
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Daniele Marin, Rendon C. Nelson, Bhavik N. Patel, Yuqin Ding, Juan Carlos Ramirez-Giraldo, Justin Solomon, Hannah Williamson, Mathias Meyer, Hans-Christoph Becker, Federica Vernuccio, Fernando Gonzalez, and Ehsan Samei
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Longest Diameter ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,Wilcoxon signed-rank test ,business.industry ,Intraclass correlation ,Urology ,Radiation dose ,Gastroenterology ,Mean age ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Volume measurements ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Dual source computed tomography ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,business ,Nuclear medicine ,CT protocol - Abstract
To evaluate the variability of quantitative measurements of metastatic liver lesions by using a multi-radiation-dose-level and multi-reader comparison. Twenty-three study subjects (mean age, 60 years) with 39 liver lesions who underwent a single-energy dual-source contrast-enhanced staging CT between June 2015 and December 2015 were included. CT data were reconstructed with seven different radiation dose levels (ranging from 25 to 100%) on the basis of a single CT acquisition. Four radiologists independently performed manual tumor measurements and two radiologists performed semi-automated tumor measurements. Interobserver, intraobserver, and interdose sources of variability for longest diameter and volumetric measurements were estimated and compared using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests and intraclass correlation coefficients. Inter- and intraobserver variabilities for manual measurements of the longest diameter were higher compared to semi-automated measurements (p
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- 2020
84. Clinical Physics in IT
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Ehsan Samei
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Perspective (graphical) ,Epistemology - Published
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85. What Is Clinical Imaging Physics?
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Ehsan Samei
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Human health ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Medical imaging ,Value based care ,Medicine ,Medical physics ,Evidence-based medicine ,Clinical imaging ,business ,Patient care - Published
- 2020
86. Clinical Fluoroscopy Physics
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Ehsan Samei
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Perspective (graphical) ,medicine ,Fluoroscopy ,Medical physics - Published
- 2020
87. Clinical CT Physics
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Ehsan Samei and Joshua M. Wilson
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Clinical Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,medicine ,Medical imaging ,Computed tomography ,Medical physics ,Patient care - Published
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88. Clinical Radiography Physics
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Ehsan Samei
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Clinical Practice ,Detective quantum efficiency ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Radiography ,medicine ,Medical physics ,business ,Tomosynthesis ,Digital radiography - Published
- 2020
89. Correlation of Algorithmic and Visual Assessment of Lesion Detection in Clinical Images
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Corey T. Jensen, Yuan Cheng, Ehsan Samei, Taylor Smith, and Xinming Liu
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Image Series ,Phantoms, Imaging ,business.industry ,Image quality ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Pattern recognition ,Radiation Dosage ,Imaging phantom ,Lesion ,Correlation ,Radiologists ,medicine ,Medical imaging ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Quality (business) ,Prospective Studies ,Artificial intelligence ,medicine.symptom ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Algorithms ,Rank correlation ,media_common - Abstract
Rationale and Objectives Clinically-relevant quantitative measures of task-based image quality play key roles in effective optimization of medical imaging systems. Conventional phantom-based measures do not adequately reflect the real-world image quality of clinical Computed Tomography (CT) series which is most relevant for diagnostic decision-making. The assessment of detectability index which incorporates measurements of essential image quality metrics on patient CT images can overcome this limitation. Our current investigation extends and validates the technique on standard-of-care clinical cases. Materials and Methods We obtained a clinical CT image dataset from an Institutional Review Board-approved prospective study on colorectal adenocarcinoma patients for detecting hepatic metastasis. For this study, both perceptual image quality and lesion detection performance of same-patient CT image series with standard and low dose acquisitions in the same breath hold and four processing algorithms applied to each acquisition were assessed and ranked by expert radiologists. The clinical CT image dataset was processed using the previously validated method to estimate a detectability index for each known lesion size in the size distribution of hepatic lesions relevant for the imaging task and for each slice of a CT series. We then combined these lesion-size-specific and slice-specific detectability indexes with the size distribution of hepatic lesions relevant for the imaging task to compute an effective detectability index for a clinical CT imaging condition of a patient. The assessed effective detectability indexes were used to rank task-based image quality of different imaging conditions on the same patient for all patients. We compared the assessments to those by expert radiologists in the prospective study in terms of rank order agreement between the rankings of algorithmic and visual assessment of lesion detection and perceptual quality. Results Our investigation indicated that algorithmic assessment of lesion detection and perceptual quality can predict observer assessment for detecting hepatic metastasis. The algorithmic and visual assessment of lesion detection and perceptual quality are strongly correlated using both the Kendall's Tau and Spearman's Rho methods (perfect agreement has value 1): for assessment of lesion detection, 95% of the patients have rank correlation coefficients values exceeding 0.87 and 0.94, respectively, and for assessment of perceptual quality, 0.85 and 0.94, respectively. Conclusion This study used algorithmic detectability index to assess task-based image equality for detecting hepatic lesions and validated it against observer rankings on standard-of-care clinical CT cases. Our study indicates that detectability index provides a robust reflection of overall image quality for detecting hepatic lesions under clinical CT imaging conditions. This demonstrates the concept of utilizing the measure to quantitatively assess the quality of the information content that different imaging conditions can provide for the same clinical imaging task, which enables targeted optimization of clinical CT systems to minimize clinical and patient risks.
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90. Automated quality control in nuclear medicine using the structured noise index
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Ehsan Samei and J Nelson
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Quality Control ,Quality Assurance, Health Care ,Computer science ,Image quality ,Normal Distribution ,quality assurance ,automated analysis ,Pattern Recognition, Automated ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,law.invention ,Automation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Medical Imaging ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,Humans ,Gamma Cameras ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Radionuclide Imaging ,Gamma camera ,Instrumentation ,Central element ,Reliability (statistics) ,Models, Statistical ,Radiation ,Fourier Analysis ,Pixel ,business.industry ,Reproducibility of Results ,uniformity ,Visual inspection ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Metric (unit) ,Nuclear Medicine ,Artifacts ,business ,Nuclear medicine ,Quality assurance - Abstract
Purpose Daily flood‐field uniformity evaluation serves as the central element of nuclear medicine (NM) quality control (QC) programs. Uniformity images are traditionally analyzed using pixel value‐based metrics, that is, integral uniformity (IU), which often fail to capture subtle structure and patterns caused by changes in gamma camera performance, requiring visual inspections which are subjective and time demanding. The goal of this project was to implement an advanced QC metrology for NM to effectively identify nonuniformity issues, and report issues in a timely manner for efficient correction prior to clinical use. The project involved the implementation of the program over a 2‐year period at a multisite major medical institution. Methods Using a previously developed quantitative uniformity analysis metric, the structured noise index (SNI) [Nelson et al. (2014), \textit{J Nucl Med.}, \textbf{55}:169—174], an automated QC process was developed to analyze, archive, and report on daily NM QC uniformity images. Clinical implementation of the newly developed program ran in parallel with the manufacturer’s reported IU‐based QC program. The effectiveness of the SNI program was evaluated over a 21‐month period using sensitivity and coefficient of variation statistics. Results A total of 7365 uniformity QC images were analyzed. Lower level SNI alerts were generated in 12.5% of images and upper level alerts in 1.7%. Intervention due to image quality issues occurred on 26 instances; the SNI metric identified 24, while the IU metric identified eight. The SNI metric reported five upper level alerts where no clinical engineering intervention was deemed necessary. Conclusion An SNI‐based QC program provides a robust quantification of the performance of gamma camera uniformity. It operates seamlessly across a fleet of multiple camera models and, additionally, provides effective workflow among the clinical staff. The reliability of this process could eliminate the need for visual inspection of each image, saving valuable time, while enabling quantitative analysis of inter‐ and intrasystem performance.
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91. Can photon-counting CT improve estimation accuracy of morphological radiomics features? A simulation study for assessing the quantitative benefits from improved spatial resolution in deep silicon-based photon-counting CT
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Shobhit Sharma, Debashish Pal, Ehsan Abadi, Thomas Sauer, Paul Segars, Jiang Hsieh, and Ehsan Samei
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging - Abstract
Deep silicon-based photon-counting CT (Si-PCCT) is an emerging detector technology that provides improved spatial resolution by virtue of its reduced pixel sizes. This article reports the outcomes of the first simulation study evaluating the impact of this advantage over energy-integrating CT (ECT) for estimation of morphological radiomics features in lung lesions.A dynamic nutrient-access-based stochastic model was utilized to generate three distinct morphologies for lung lesions. The lesions were inserted into the lung parenchyma of an anthropomorphic phantom (XCAT - 50Compared to ECT, the mean estimation error was lower for Si-PCCT (independent features: 35.9% vs. 54.0%, all features: 54.5% vs. 68.1%) with statistically significant reductions in errors for 8/14 features. For both systems, the estimation accuracy was minimally affected by dose and distance from the isocenter while reconstruction kernel and pixel size were observed to have a relatively stronger effect.For all lesions and imaging conditions considered, Si-PCCT exhibited improved estimation accuracy for morphological radiomics features over a conventional ECT system, demonstrating the potential of this technology for improved quantitative imaging.
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92. Impact of the Confluence of Cardiac Motion and High Spatial Resolution on Performance of ECG-Gated Imaging with an Investigational Photon-Counting CT System
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Jayasai Rajagopal, Faraz Farhadi, Moozhan Nikpanah, Pooyan Sahbaee, Babak Saboury, William Pritchard, Elizabeth C. Jones, Marcus Y. Chen, and Ehsan Samei
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History ,Polymers and Plastics ,Business and International Management ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Published
- 2022
93. Simulation of the combined effects of charge sharing and pulse pileup in photon-counting CT
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Mridul Bhattarai, Shobhit Sharma, Stevan Vrbaški, Ehsan Abadi, W. Paul . Segars, Adriano Contillo, Renata Longo, Ehsan Samei, Zhao, Wei, Bhattarai, Mridul, Sharma, Shobhit, Vrbaški, Stevan, Abadi, Ehsan, Segars, W. Paul ., Contillo, Adriano, Longo, Renata, and Samei, Ehsan
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photon-counting CT ,detector modeling ,charge sharing ,pulse pileup - Abstract
Photon-counting CT (PCCT) is an emerging CT technology that uses photon-counting detectors (PCDs) to offer better spatial resolution, higher contrast, lower noise, and material-specific imaging as compared to conventional energy-integrating CT. To study the efficiency and performance of PCCT technologies in clinical use, virtual imaging trials (VITs) can be used. VITs use computational human phantoms to generate scanner-specific CT images. The integration of PCCT into VITs requires modeling the signal generation and signal processing in the detector and electronics, which includes incorporating the effects of nonidealities in PCDs such as crosstalk, charge sharing, and pulse pileup. These non-idealities adversely affect the image quality of PCCT systems, and their inclusion is important in accurate and realistic modeling of the PCDs. The existing scanner simulators model either charge sharing or pulse pileup but not their combined effects. The purpose of this study was to develop an experimentally validated modular detector response model that accounted for the combined effects of crosstalk, charge sharing, and pulse pileup in CdTe- and Si-based PCDs. It can be used to simulate variety of PCCT designs, including different detector materials and geometry, facilitating the evaluation and study of present and future PCCTs. The validation showed a close agreement with the experimental data acquired using Pixirad-1/Pixie-III PCDs. The platform was used to generate spatio-energetic covariance correlation matrices that integrated with a VIT framework called DukeSim to simulate scanner specific PCCT images.
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94. Introduction to Grayscale Calibration and Related Aspects of Medical Imaging Grade Liquid Crystal Displays.
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Kenneth A. Fetterly, Hartwig R. Blume, Michael J. Flynn, and Ehsan Samei
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95. Impact of Colorized Display of Mammograms on Lesion Detection
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Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Ehsan Samei, Jay A. Baker, Samuel Richard, Yuan Lin, Erica Berg, and Emily E. Knippa
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,Lesion detection ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,medicine ,Mammography ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Radiology ,business - Abstract
Objective To assess the effect of the colorized display of digital mammograms on observer detection of subtle breast lesions. Methods Three separate observer studies compared detection performance using grayscale versus color display of 1) low-contrast mass-like objects in a standardized mammography phantom; 2) simulated microcalcifications in a background of normal breast parenchyma; and 3) standard-of-care clinical digital mammograms with subtle calcifications and masses. Colorization of the images was done by displaying each image pixel in blue, green, and red hues, or gray, maintaining DICOM–calibrated luminance scale and consistent luminance range. For the simulated calcifications and clinical mammogram studies, comparison of detection rates was computed using McNemar’s test for paired differences. Results For the phantom study, mass-like object detection was significantly better using a green colormap than grayscale (73.3% vs 70.8%, P = .009), with no significant improvement using blue or red colormaps (72.6% and 72.5%, respectively). For simulated microcalcifications, no significant difference was noted in detection using the green colormap, as compared with grayscale. For clinical digital screening mammograms, no significant difference was noted between gray and green colormaps for detection of microcalcifications. Green color display, however, resulted in decreased sensitivity for detection of subtle masses (63% vs 69%, P = .03). Conclusion Although modest improvement was demonstrated for a detection task using colorized display of a standard mammography phantom, no significant improvement was demonstrated using a color display for a simulated clinical detection task, and actual clinical performance was worse for colorized display of mammograms in comparison to standard grayscale display.
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96. Development, validation, and relevance of in vivo low-contrast task transfer function to estimate detectability in clinical CT images
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Taylor Smith, Justin Solomon, Ehsan Samei, and Ehsan Abadi
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Mean squared error ,Observer (quantum physics) ,Computer science ,Image quality ,business.industry ,Phantoms, Imaging ,Matched filter ,Pattern recognition ,General Medicine ,Radiation Dosage ,Cross-validation ,Imaging phantom ,Article ,Support vector machine ,Noise ,Linear Models ,Humans ,Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Algorithms - Abstract
PURPOSE: The current state-of-the-art calculation of detectability index (d’) is largely phantom based, with the latest being based on a hybrid phantom NPS combined with patient specific noise magnitude and high-contrast air-skin interface. The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the use of fully-patient-specific measurements of noise and low-contrast resolution, derived entirely from patient images, on d’. METHODS: This study developed a d’ calculation that is patient- and task-specific, employing newly developed algorithms for estimating patient-specific noise power spectrum (NPS) and low-contrast task transfer function (TTF). The TTF estimation methodology used a trained regression support vector machine (SVM) to estimate a fitted form of the TTF given a variance-normalized estimate of the noise power spectrum (referred to as the TTF(NPS)). The regression SVM was trained and tested using five-fold cross validation on 192 scans (4 dose levels x 6 reconstruction kernels x 4 repeats) of a phantom with low-contrast polyethylene insert, and reconstructed with filtered backprojection and iterative reconstructions across 12 clinically-relevant kernels (FBP: B20f, B31f, B45f; SAFIRE: I26f, I31f, J45f with Strengths: 2, 3, 5). To test the low contrast TTF estimation method, the estimated TTF(NPS) measurements were compared to (1) TTF measurements from the air-phantom interface (referred to as the TTF(air), representing the most patient-specific clinical alternative) and (2) TTF measurements from the edge of the low-contrast polyethylene insert (referred to as the TTF(poly)) which represented the gold standard of low-contrast TTF measurement. Patient-specific NPS, patient-specific noise magnitude, and patient-specific low-contrast TTF were further combined with a reference task function to calculate a d’ (according to a non-pre-whitening matched filter model) across 1120 lesions previously evaluated in 2AFC human observer detection of liver lesions. The resulting values were compared to the observer results using a generalized linear mixed-effects statistical model. The correlations between the model and observer results were also compared with previously-reported values (using a hybrid method with phantom-derived NPS and TTF(air)). RESULTS: The TTF(NPS) more accurately represented resolution across the considered reconstruction settings compared with the TTF(air). The out-of-fold predictions of the TTF(NPS) had statistically better RMSE concordance (p < 0.05, one-tailed Wilcoxon ranksum test) to gold standard than the TTF(air) (the alternative, measured from the air-phantom interface). Detectability indices informed by purely patient-specific NPS and TTF were strongly correlated with 2AFC outcomes (p= 0.05, bootstrap resampled corrected paired Student’s t-test). CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that fully-patient-specific characterization of image quality based on in vivo NPS and low-contrast TTF offer advantages over hybrid methods. The results in terms of detectability index favorably relate to observer detection of liver lesions. The method can potentially be integrated into an automated image quality tracking system to assess image quality across a CT clinical operation without needing phantom scans.
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97. A GPU-accelerated framework for individualized estimation of organ doses in digital tomosynthesis
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Shobhit Sharma, Anuj Kapadia, Justin Brown, William Paul Segars, Wesley Bolch, and Ehsan Samei
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Adult ,Phantoms, Imaging ,Humans ,General Medicine ,Radiation Dosage ,Radiometry ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Monte Carlo Method ,Article - Abstract
PURPOSE: Estimation of organ dose in digital tomosynthesis (DT) is challenging due to the lack of existing tools to accurately and flexibly model protocol- and view-specific collimations and the motion trajectories of the source and detector for a variety of exam protocols and the computational inefficiencies of conducting MC simulations. The purpose of this study was to overcome these limitations by developing and benchmarking a GPU-accelerated MC simulation framework compatible with patient-specific computational phantoms for individualized estimation of organ dose in DT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The framework for individualized estimation of dose in DT was developed as a two-step workflow: (1) a custom MATLAB code that accepts a patient-specific computational phantom and exam description (organ markers for defining the extremities of the anatomical region of interest, tube voltage, source-to-image distance, angular sweep range, number of projection views, and the distance of the pivot point from the detector about which the source translates - PPID) to compute the field-of-views (FOVs) for a clinical DT system, and (2) a MC tool (developed using MC-GPU) modeling the geometry of a clinical DT system to estimate organ doses based on the computed FOVs. Using this framework, we estimated organ doses for 28 radiosensitive organs in an adult reference patient model (M; 30 yrs) imaged using a commercial DT system (VolumeRad, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI). The estimates were benchmarked against values from a comparable organ dose estimation framework (reference dataset developed by the Advanced Laboratory for Radiation Dosimetry Studies at University of Florida) for a posterior-anterior chest (PAC) exam. The resulting differences were quantified as percent relative errors and analyzed to identify any potential sources of bias and uncertainties. The timing performance (run duration in s) of the framework for the same simulation was also quantified to gauge the feasibility of the workflow for time-constrained clinical applications. RESULTS: The organ dose estimates from the developed framework showed a close agreement with the reference dataset, with percent relative errors ranging from −6.9% to 5.0% and a mean absolute percent difference of 1.7% over all radiosensitive organs, with the exception of testes and eye lens, for which the percent relative errors were higher at −18.9% and −27.6%, respectively, due to their relative positioning outside the primary irradiation field, leading to fewer photons depositing energy and consequently higher errors in estimated organ doses. The run duration for the same simulation was 916.3 s, representing a substantial improvement in performance over existing non-parallelized MC tools. CONCLUSIONS: This study successfully developed and benchmarked a GPU-accelerated framework compatible with patient-specific anthropomorphic computational phantoms for accurate individualized estimation of organ doses in DT. By enabling patient-specific estimation of organ doses, this framework can aid clinicians and researchers by providing them with tools essential for tracking the radiation burden to patients for dose monitoring purposes and identifying the trends and relationships in organ doses for a patient population to optimize existing and develop new exam protocols.
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98. A patient-informed approach to predict iodinated-contrast media enhancement in the liver
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Hananiel Setiawan, Chaofan Chen, Ehsan Abadi, Wanyi Fu, Daniele Marin, Francesco Ria, and Ehsan Samei
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,General Medicine - Abstract
To devise a patient-informed time series model that predicts liver contrast enhancement, by integrating clinical data and pharmacokinetics models, and to assess its feasibility to improve enhancement consistency in contrast-enhanced liver CT scans.The study included 1577 Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis CT scans, with 70-30% training/validation-testing split. A Gaussian function was used to approximate the early arterial, late arterial, and the portal venous phases of the contrast perfusion curve of each patient using their respective bolus tracking and diagnostic scan data. Machine learning models were built to predict the Gaussian parameters of each patient using the patient attributes (weight, height, age, sex, BMI). Pearson's coefficient, mean absolute error, and root mean squared error were used to assess the prediction accuracy.The integration of the pharmacokinetics model with a two-layered neural network achieved the highest prediction accuracy on the test data (RA new model using a Gaussian function and supervised machine learning can be used to build liver parenchyma contrast enhancement prediction model. The model can have utility in clinical settings to optimize and improve consistency in contrast-enhanced liver imaging.
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99. Visual Assessment of Angular Response in Medical Liquid Crystal Displays.
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Aldo Badano, Sarah Schneider, and Ehsan Samei
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100. Development and validation of an automated methodology to assess perceptual in vivo noise texture in liver CT
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Wanyi Fu, Thomas J. Sauer, Justin Solomon, Ehsan Samei, Taylor Smith, and Ehsan Abadi
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Ground truth ,Noise ,business.industry ,Image quality ,Kernel (statistics) ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Image processing ,Gold standard (test) ,Iterative reconstruction ,business ,Imaging phantom ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Purpose: Developing, validating, and evaluating a method for measuring noise texture directly from patient liver CT images (i.e., in vivo). Approach: The method identifies target regions within patient scans that are least likely to have major contribution of patient anatomy, detrends them locally, and measures noise power spectrum (NPS) there using a previously phantom-validated technique targeting perceptual noise–non-anatomical fluctuations in the image that may interfere with the detection of focal lesions. Method development and validation used scanner-specific CT simulations of computational, anthropomorphic phantom (XCAT phantom, three phases of contrast-enhancement) with known ground truth of the NPS. Simulations were based on a clinical scanner (Definition Flash, Siemens) and clinically relevant settings (tube voltage of 120 kV at three dose levels). Images were reconstructed with filtered backprojection (kernel: B31, B41, and B50) and Sinogram Affirmed Iterative Reconstruction (kernel: I31, I41, and I50) using a manufacturer-specific reconstruction software (ReconCT, Siemens). All NPS measurements were made in the liver. Ground-truth NPS were taken as the sum of (1) a measurement in parenchymal regions of anatomy-subtracted (i.e., noise only) scans, and (2) a measurement in the same region of noise-free (pre-noise-insertion) images. To assess in vivo NPS performance, correlation of NPS average frequency (favg), was reported. Sensitivity of accuracy [root-mean-square-error (RMSE)] to number of pixels included in measurement was conducted via bootstrapped pixel-dropout. Sensitivity of NPS to dose and reconstruction kernel was assessed to confirm that ground truth NPS similarities were maintained in patient-specific measurements. Results: Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients 0.97 and 0.96 for favg indicated good correlation. Results suggested accurate NPS measurements (within 5% total RMSE) could be acquired with ∼106 pixels. Conclusions: Relationships of similar NPS due to reconstruction kernel and dose were preserved between gold standard and observed in vivo estimations. The NPS estimation method was further deployed on clinical cases to demonstrate the feasibility of clinical analysis.
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