Enhancement and Restoring of Low Dose Abdominal CT Images

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Radiation Protection
• Interventions: Other: Using a 3 dimentional post processing filter

• Registration Number: NCT01059032
• Lead Sponsor: Lars Borgen

Brief Summary

Through the rapid growth of multislice Computer Tomography (CT) imaging, radiation protection has become a major issue in the radiological community. Optimizing CT scanning is a key task when keeping the radiation doses as low as reasonable achievable (the ALARA principle). Post processing filters can improve and restore grainy and noisy low dose CT images by enhancing structure and reducing image noise. In our study of 10 patients, the investigators perform a preliminary evaluation of a novel post processing filter, which does picture element correlations in all three spatial dimensions. By comparing normal dose pictures with unprocessed low-dose pictures and pictures processed with two dimentional (2D) and three dimentional (3D) filters,the investigators will be able to assess the possible clinical value of the 3D filter. This project is collaboration between Buskerud Hospital (BU), Buskerud University College, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) and Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV). The project is part of the PhD of Lars Borgen.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2009-11
• Study Start: 2009-12
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-28
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-29
• Primary Completion: 2010-12
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2015-06-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

• Outpatients, Male or female,Age above 60 years, Referred to our department for an abdominal CT with intravenous contrast.

Exclusion Criteria

• Abdominal diameter less than 80cm or larger than 100cm, Gross pancreatic pathology, Gross anatomic anomalies in the investigated region, Intolerance of intravenous contrast

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Enhanced images	Using a 3 dimentional post processing filter	Enhanced images

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rating of image quality	3-6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Buskerud Hospital; 🇳🇴 Drammen, Norway