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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2019.13.1.81

Comparison Evaluation of Image Quality with Different Thickness of Aluminum added Filter using GATE Simulation in Digital Radiography  

Oh, Minju (Department of Radiological Science, Gachon University)
Hong, Joo-Wan (Department of Radiological Science, Eulji University)
Lee, Youngjin (Department of Radiological Science, Gachon University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.13, no.1, 2019 , pp. 81-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
In X-ray image, the role of filtration through the filter is to reduce the exposure of the patient by using photon which is useful in formation of the image, and at the same time, enhance the contrast of the image. During interaction between photon and object, low energy X-rays are absorbed from the site of a few cm of the first patient's tissue, and high energy X-rays are the one which form the image. Therefore, the radiation filter absorbs low energy X-ray in order to lower the exposure of the patient and improve the quality of the image. The purpose of this study is to compare the effect on the image quality by differences of added filter through simulation image and actual radiation image. For that purpose, we used Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE) as a tool for Monte Carlo simulation. We set actual size, shape and material of Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) Phantom on GATE and differentiated the parameter of added filter. Also, we took image of PMMA phantom with same parameter of added filter by digital radiography (DR). Than we performed contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) evaluation on both simulation image and actual DR image by Image J. Finally, we observed the effect on image quality due to different thickness of added filter, and compared two images' CNR evaluation's transitions of change. The result of this experiment showed decreasing in the progress of CNR on both DR and simulation image. It is ultimately caused by decreasing in contrast on image. In theory, contrast decrease with kVp increased. Given that condition, this study found out that filter makes not only decreasing total dose by absorbing low energy of X-ray, but also increasing average energy of X-ray.
Keywords
Added filter; GATE simulation; PMMA phantom; X-ray energy spectrum; Digital radiography;
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