Assessment of the Low Contrast Detectability of Multi-slice CT Scanners

6/12/02


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Assessment of the Low Contrast Detectability of Multi-slice CT Scanners

Clinical importance of LCD in CT

Assessment of LCD

Why use the Catphan?

Manufacturers’ LCD performance data

Visibility Criteria

Comparison of LCD on different scanners

Image scoring

Reading images

Presentation of results

Results

LCD for different scanners

Are all scanners the same?

LCD and dose

Intra-operator variability

Conclusions

Conclusions (continued)

Thank you

 Author: Nick Keat

Email: nick@impactscan.org

Home Page: http://www.impactscan.org