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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2018.12.7.845

Analysis of the Relationships according to the Frame (f/s) Change of Cine Imaging in Coronary Angiographic System: With Focus on FOV Enlargement and Live Zoom  

Kim, Won Hyo (Department of Radiology, Dongshin University)
Song, Jong-Nam (Department of Radiology, Dongshin University)
Han, Jae-Bok (Department of Radiology, Dongshin University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.12, no.7, 2018 , pp. 845-852 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the difference of X-ray exposure by comparing and analyzing absorbed dose according to changes in the number of frames in coronary angiography, also depending whether the zoom mode is FOV enlargement or Zoom Live. Moreover, for appropriate frame selection measures for examination, including the effect of frame change on the image quality, were sought by measuring the noise strength expressed by the standard deviation (SD), the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and contrast to noise ratio (CNR). The study was conducted with an anthropomorphic phantom on an angio-system. The linear relationship between the frame rate and the radiation dose was evident. On the contrary, the indices of image quality (SD, SNR, and CNR) were almost constant irrespective of the number of frames. The difference depending on the zoom mode was not statistically significant for DAP, air kerma, and SD (p > 0.05). However, SNR and CNR were statistically different between FOV enlargement and Zoom Live. In conclusion, since the image quality was not degraded significantly with the decreasing frame rate from 30, 15, to 7.5 f/s and the radiation dose evidently decreases in almost exactly linear proportion to the decreasing frame rate, the number of frames per second needs to be maintained as low as reasonably achievable. As for the dependence on the zooming mode, the Live Zoom mode showed statistically significant improvement in the image quality indices of SNR and CNR and it justifies active use of the Live Zoom mode which enables real-time image enlargment without additional radiation dose.
Keywords
Dose area product; live zoom; frame per second; signal to noise ratio; contrast to noise ratio;
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