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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2020.14.6.819

Image Quality Evaluation according to the Application of Air Mattress on Computed Tomography Equipment Table  

Jeon, Sang-Won (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Pak, Jae-Yun (Department of Radiology, Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University)
Suh, Tae-Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.14, no.6, 2020 , pp. 819-825 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the developed air mattress for reducing the deterioration of image quality due to the scattered radiation generated on the computed tomography equipment table. 5 cm and 10 cm thick air mattresses were developed and the image quality was measured by scanning the AAPM phantom according to thickness and thickness. Statistical significance was confirmed by One Way Analysis of Variance(ANOVA) Compared with the AAPM phantom scanned in the standard method, the image with the air mattress did not show any difference, but when the air mattress was not applied, the CT number and uniformity were low and the noise was high, and the spatial resolution Respectively. The developed air mattress has no harmful effect on the diagnostic image, it is very effective in improving the image quality and can increase the CT image quality by simply applying Air Mattress to existing equipment without using the technology applied to the latest and high-cost equipment.
Keywords
Computed Tomography Equipment; Air mattress; Scattered Radiation;
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