Evaluation of split-filter dual-energy CT for characterization of urinary stones
- 1 November 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 94 (1127), 20210084
- https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20210084
Abstract
To assess accuracy of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) to differentiate uric acid from calcium urinary stones in dual-energy split filter vs sequential-spiral vs dual-source acquisition. Thirty-four urinary stones (volume 89.0 ± 77.4 mm³; 17 calcium stones, 17 uric acid stones) were scanned in a water-filled phantom using a split-filter equipped CT scanner (SOMATOM Definition Edge, Siemens Healthineers, Forchheim, Germany) in split-filter mode at 120kVp and sequential-spiral mode at 80 and 140kVp. Additional DE scans were acquired at 80 and 140kVp (tin filter) with a dual-source CT scanner (SOMATOM Definition FLASH, Siemens Healthineers). Scans were performed with a CTDIvol of 7.3mGy in all protocols. Urinary stone categorization was based on dual energy ratio (DER) using an automated 3D segmentation. As reference standard, infrared spectroscopy was used to determine urinary stone composition. All three DECT techniques significantly differentiated between uric acid and calcium stones by attenuation values and DERs (p < 0.001 for all). Split-filter DECT provided higher DERs for uric acid stones, when compared with dual-source and sequential-spiral DECT, and lower DERs for calcified stones when compared with dual-source DECT (p < 0.001 for both), leading to a decreased accuracy for material differentiation. Split-filter DECT, sequential-spiral DECT and dual-source DECT all allow for the acquisition of DER to classify urinary stones. Split-filter DECT enables the differentiation between uric acid and calcium stones despite decreased spectral separation when compared with dual-source and dual-spiral DECT.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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