Study of an adaptive bolus chasing CT angiography.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Baia, Er-Wei; Bennett, James R.; McCabe, Robert; Sharafuddin, Melhem J.; Bai, Henri; Halloran, John; Vannier, Michael; Ying Liu; Chenglin Wang; Ge Wang
- Source
- Journal of X-Ray Science & Technology. 2006, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p27-38. 12p. 1 Diagram, 5 Graphs.
- Subject
- *ANGIOGRAPHY
*RADIOSCOPIC diagnosis
*NONLINEAR systems
*MEDICAL radiography
*AUTOMATIC control systems
- Language
- ISSN
- 0895-3996
To improve imaging quality and to reduce contrast dose and radiation exposure, an adaptive bolus chasing CT angiography was proposed so that the bolus peak position and the imaging aperture can be synchronized. The performance of the proposed adaptive bolus chasing CT angiography was experimentally evaluated based on the actual bolus dynamics. The experimental results show that the controlled table position and the bolus peak position were highly consistent. The results clearly demonstrate that the proposed adaptive bolus chasing CT angiography that synchronizes the bolus peak position with the imaging aperture by a simple adaptive system is computationally and clinically feasible. Similar techniques may also be applied to conventional angiography to improve imaging quality and to reduce contrast dose and/or radiation exposure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]