目的:探讨在头颈部CT血管成像(CTA)中,以患者体重指数(BMI)为基础的低剂量扫描方案实施前后对图像质量及辐射剂量的影响。方法:连续选取拟行头颈CTA检查患者186例,按检查先后分为,A组:采用管电压120 k V,滤波反投影法(FBP)重建;B组:采用管电压100k V,自适应性迭代重建(ASi R)。A、B组根据患者的BMI进一步分组,A1组和B1组:BMI〈24kg/m2;A2组和B2组:24kg/m2≤BMI〈28kg/m2;A3组和B3组:BMI≥28kg/m2。对各组的辐射剂量、客观图像质量评价采用两独立样本t检验。由两名有经验的放射科医师对两组图像质量进行主观评价,并对两名医师的阅片结果进行Kappa检验。结果:B1组、B2组及B3组的CT容积剂量指数(CTDIvol)较A1组、A2组及A3组分别下降29.29%、32.70%及40.24%(均P〈0.05);B1组、B2组及B3组的剂量长度乘积(DLP)较A1组、A2组及A3组分别下降32.44%、35.10%和40.98%(均P〈0.05)。头部,颈部以及胸廓入口处的血管CT值B组各分组较A组对应组均增高,图像噪声均减低,信噪比(SNR)和对比噪声比(CNR)均增高,差异均有统计学意义(均P〈0.05)。B组各分组的主观评分较A组对应组均高(均P〈0.05),B1组、B2组及B3组图像质量的一致性(Kappa值=0.634,0.644,0.628,均P〈0.05)分别高于A1组、A2组及A3组(Kappa值=0.476,0.566,0.595,均P〈0.05)。结论:不同BMI患者行头颈CTA检查,采用100k V管电压结合ASi R迭代重建扫描方案,可以降低辐射剂量(尤其是肥胖患者),并且可获得满意的图像质量。
Purpose: To assess the influence on image quality and radiation dose of low-dose craniocervical computer tomography angiography(CTA) using adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction(ASi R) in patients with different BMI. Methods: One hundred and eighty-six patients who were referred to undergo craniocervical CTA were selected and randomly divided into two groups:A [120 k V,filtered back projection(FBP) ] and B(100 k V,ASi R). Group A and B were further divided into three subgroups: Group A1 and B1 were with BMI 〈24kg/m2, Group A2 and B2 were with 24kg/m2≤BMI〈28kg/m2, and Group A3 and B3 were with BMI≥28 kg/m2. Radiation dose, objective image quality between group A and B were statistically analyzed by independent samples t test. The scores of image quality were obtained by two radiologists. The inter-radiologist agreement of image quality was performed by kappa test. Results: Compared with group A1, A2 and A3, CT dose index volume(CTDIvol) in group B1, B2 and B3 were decreased by 29.29%, 32.70% and 40.24%, respectively(P〈0.05), and 32.44%, 35.10% and 40.98% for dose length product(DLP), respectively(P〈0.05). For head, neck as well as the entrance of thorax, images in group B were with higher CT values(P〈0.05), lower image noise(P〈0.05), higher signal to noise ratio(SNR)(P〈0.05) and contrast to noise ratio(CNR)(P〈0.05) than that in group A. The subjective evaluation of images in group B was greater than group A(P〈0.05). Consistency result of image quality in group B1, B2, and B3(kappa value=0.634, 0.644, 0.628, P〈0.05) was superior to that in group A1, A2 and A3(Kappa value=0.476, 0.566, 0.595, P〈0.05), respectively. Conclusions: For patients with different BMI, image quality of craniocervical CTA using ASi R could still meet the diagnosis requirements, and radiation dose of obesity patients can be obviously decreased..