Feasibility study of the diagnosis and monitoring of cystic fibrosis in pediatric patients using stationary digital chest tomosynthesis

Marci Potuzko; Jing Shan; Caleb Pearce; Yueh Z. Lee M.D.; Jianping Lu; Otto Zhou

doi:10.1117/12.2082103

18 March 2015 Feasibility study of the diagnosis and monitoring of cystic fibrosis in pediatric patients using stationary digital chest tomosynthesis

Marci Potuzko, Jing Shan, Caleb Pearce, Yueh Z. Lee M.D., Jianping Lu, Otto Zhou

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Proceedings Volume 9412, Medical Imaging 2015: Physics of Medical Imaging; 941226 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082103
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2015, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Digital chest tomosynthesis (DCT) is a 3D imaging modality which has been shown to approach the diagnostic capability of CT, but uses only one-tenth the radiation dose of CT. One limitation of current commercial DCT is the mechanical motion of the x-ray source which prolongs image acquisition time and introduces motion blurring in images. By using a carbon nanotube (CNT) x-ray source array, we have developed a stationary digital chest tomosynthesis (s- DCT) system which can acquire tomosynthesis images without mechanical motion, thus enhancing the image quality. The low dose and high quality 3D image makes the s-DCT system a viable imaging tool for monitoring cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The low dose is especially important in pediatric patients who are both more radiosensitive and have a longer lifespan for radiation symptoms to develop. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the feasibility of using s-DCT as a faster, lower dose means for diagnosis and monitoring of CF in pediatric patients. We have created an imaging phantom by injecting a gelatinous mucus substitute into porcine lungs and imaging the lungs from within an anthropomorphic hollow chest phantom in order to mimic the human conditions of a CF patient in the laboratory setting. We have found that our s-DCT images show evidence of mucus plugging in the lungs and provide a clear picture of the airways in the lung, allowing for the possibility of using s- DCT to supplement or replace CT as the imaging modality for CF patients.

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Marci Potuzko, Jing Shan, Caleb Pearce, Yueh Z. Lee M.D., Jianping Lu, and Otto Zhou "Feasibility study of the diagnosis and monitoring of cystic fibrosis in pediatric patients using stationary digital chest tomosynthesis", Proc. SPIE 9412, Medical Imaging 2015: Physics of Medical Imaging, 941226 (18 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082103

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