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http://dx.doi.org/10.17946/JRST.2018.41.5.391

Evaluation of Relationship between Radiation Dose and Image Quality according to Source to Image Receptor Distance in Rib Series Radiography  

Joo, Young-Cheol (Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center)
Jung, Young-Jin (Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University)
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Journal of radiological science and technology / v.41, no.5, 2018 , pp. 391-396 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the patient dose according to the distance between the X-ray tube focus and the image receptor, and to propose a new method for quantitatively evaluating the image quality. Using this quantitative evaluation method, the optimal distance for increasing x-ray image quality with low radiation dose was estimated between source and image receptor in Rib series radiography. Phantom images were obtained by changing the distance between focus and image receptor (100 cm and 180 cm). The patient radiation dose was estimated using entrance surface dose and dose area product. In order to evaluate image quality objectively, a non - reference image evaluation method was employed with paper and salt noise and Gaussian filter. As a result of this study, when the SID was changed from 100 cm to 180 cm, the entrance surface dose decreased by 4 ~ 5 times and the dose area product decreased by 3 times. In addition, there is no significant difference in image quality between of SID 180 cm and SID 100 cm. In conclusion, it was demonstrated that performing the rib series radiography at SID 180 cm is an optimal method to reduce the exposure dose and improve the image quality.
Keywords
Rib series; Rib fracture; Source to image receptor distance; Paper and salt; Gaussian filter;
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