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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2019.13.5.765

A Study on Feasibility of Total Variation Algorithm in Skull Image using Various X-ray Exposure Parameters  

Park, Sung-Woo (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Gachon University)
Lee, Jong-In (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Gachon University)
Lee, Youngjin (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Science, Gachon University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.13, no.5, 2019 , pp. 765-771 More about this Journal
Abstract
Noise in skull X-ray imaging is inevitable, which reduces imaging quality and diagnostic accuracy and increases errors due to the nature of digital imaging devices. Increasing the dose can attenuate noise, but that could lead to big problems with higher exposure dose received by patients. Thus, noise reduction algorithms are actively being studied at low doses to solve dose problems and reduce noise at the same time. Wiener filter and median filter have been widely used, with the disadvantages of poor noise reduction efficiency and loss of much information about imaging boundary. The purpose of this study is to apply total variation (TV) algorithm to skull X-ray imaging that can compensate for the problems of previous noise reduction efficiency to assess quantitatively and compare them. For this study, skull X-ray imaging is obtained using various kVp and mAs using the skull phantom using the X-ray device of Siemens. In addition, contrast to noise ratio (CNR) and coefficient of variation (COV) are compared and measured when noisy image, median filter, Wiener filter and TV algorithm were applied to each phantom imaging. Experiments showed that when TV algorithms were applied, CNR and COV characteristics were excellent under all conditions. In conclusion, we've been able to see if we can use TV algorithm to improve image quality and CNR could be seen to increase due to the decrease in noise as the amount of increased mAs. On the other hand, COV decreased as the amount of increased mAs, and when kVp increased, noise was reduced and the transmittance was increased, so COV was reduced.
Keywords
Skull phantom X-ray image; Total variation algorithm; X-ray exposure parameters; Quantitative evaluation;
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