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Benedek Janos Kis¹, Zsolt Sarnyai, Róbert Kákonyi

¹Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. kisjbenedek@gmail.com

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Radiology
Computational Imaging

Background:

Clinical computed tomography (CT) typically utilizes single energy acquisition.
Dual-energy CT provides material decomposition but requires two separate measurements.
Reducing radiation dose and simplifying CT acquisition protocols are ongoing research goals.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the feasibility of using calculated x-ray path lengths to replace one of the dual-energy measurements in material decomposition.
To evaluate a novel single-energy material decomposition (SEMD) method for CT applications.

Main Methods:

Developed and proposed a single-energy material decomposition (SEMD) method.
SEMD integrates prereconstruction and postreconstruction algorithms for x-ray path length determination and material decomposition from a single CT scan.
Compared SEMD simulation results with dual-energy methods using pregenerated look-up tables.

Main Results:

The SEMD method demonstrated sensitivity to CT signal errors at higher tube voltages.
Dual-energy methods showed less sensitivity to CT signal bias but were more susceptible to noise.
Simulation results indicated comparable performance between SEMD and dual-energy methods under specific error conditions.

Conclusions:

The proposed SEMD method achieves results similar to dual-energy CT variants when dealing with inferior signal errors.
While SEMD involves a more complex x-ray path length estimation, it offers a considerably lower radiation dose.
SEMD presents a promising alternative for material decomposition in CT, potentially reducing patient radiation exposure.