• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.438-440
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 복부의 전산화 단층촬영 영상으로부터 체지방의 양을 측정하기 위한 영상처리에서 사용되는 문턱치의 자동 설정 방법을 제안한다. 체지방의 정량적 측정은 비만과 관련된 진단 및 치료에 있어서 중요하다. 기존의 비만도 측정은 체중과 신장의 비, 허리와 둔부 둘레의 비, 손으로 잡히는 복부의 두께 등 단순한 측정방법을 사용하여 실제 지방의 양을 제대로 반영하지 못하는 단점이 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위하여 최근에 전산화 단층촬영 영상으로부터 영상처리를 통하여 직접 지방의 양을 측정하려는 시도가 있다. 전산화 단층촬영 영상을 이용하면 지방의 양을 정량적으로 측정할 수 있고 피하지방과 복강내지방 등 특정부위의 체지방의 양을 측정할 수 있다. 전산화 단층촬영은 밀도에 비례하는 하운스필드 단위 값으로 구성된 영상을 제공한다. 일반적으로 체지방은 하운스필드 단위 값이 -150에서 -50사이인 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나, 체지방의 문턱치는 사람에 따라 다르고, 또한 같은 사람에 대해서도 촬영 부위에 따라 다르다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 차이를 히스토그램을 통하여 보이고 히스토그램의 가우시안 함수 근사로부터 체지방의 문턱치를 자동으로 설정하는 방법을 제안한다.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.145-151
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• 2009

This study aims to evaluate CT (Computed Tomography) characteristics through the estimation of HU (Hounsfield Unit) and the corresponding variations using coefficient of variation values for various materials as a function of physical factor. HU values for various materials with varying densities as a function of physical factor were measured using MDCT (Siemens SOMATOM Sensation 4, Germany). The results showed that the HU values were decreased and increased as a function of kVp and material density, respectively. Especially, the HU values for bone and iodine at 140 kVp were 32% and 42% smaller than those at 80 kVp, respectively. In case of iodine, the HU values also decreased and increased as a function of kVp and concentration, respectively. While the HU values were fixed as a function of mAs. The decreased ratio of HU values between 80 keV and 140 keV was different at various concentration and maximum difference was shown as 1.73 at 3% concentration. These results indicated that it may be possible to separate composition of materials, e.g. iodine and bone, using single source CT. The results showed that dual energy techniques using single source CT can be applied to material separation and expand CT imaging techniques to other practical applications.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.709-718
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• 2022

We evaluated the effect of high-density aluminum, titanium, and steel metal inserts on computed tomography (CT) numbers and radiation treatment plans for Tomotherapy. CT images were obtained using a cylindrical TomoPhantom comprising cylindrical rods of various densities and metal inserts. Three CT image sets were evaluated for image quality as the mean CT number and standard deviation. Dose evaluation also performed. The reference values did not significantly differ between the CT image sets with the corrected metal inserts. The higher-density material exhibited the largest difference in the mean CT number and standard deviation. The conformity index at Iterative-Metal Artifact Reduction (iMAR) was approximately 20% better than that of non-iMAR. No significant target or organ at risk dose difference was observed between non-iMAR and iMAR. Therefore, iMAR is helpful for target or organ at risk delineation and for reducing uncertainty for three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy in Tomotherapy.