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Area of Science:

Veterinary Radiology
Medical Imaging Physics

Background:

Digital radiographic imaging is expanding in veterinary medicine.
Maintaining high image quality and minimizing radiation dose (dose creep) are critical responsibilities.
Homogeneous phantoms are standard tools for optimizing imaging systems and radiation doses.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an automated computational method for classifying and quantifying canine chest tissues.
To create realistic canine chest phantoms using simulator materials based on tissue quantification.
To aid in optimizing digital X-ray procedures and reducing radiation exposure in veterinary practice.

Main Methods:

An automatic computational methodology was designed to classify and quantify lung, adipose, muscle, and bone tissues from canine chest CT scans.
Tissue thicknesses were converted into equivalent simulator materials (Lucite, aluminum, air).
Dogs were grouped by weight (small, medium, large, giant), and phantoms were constructed for dorsoventral and lateral views.

Main Results:

Significant differences (p < 0.05) in simulator material thicknesses were found across different canine weight groups.
Four distinct canine chest phantoms were successfully constructed, representing different size categories.
The methodology demonstrated the feasibility of creating size-specific phantoms for veterinary imaging.

Conclusions:

The developed methodology enables the creation of canine chest phantoms and potentially for other animals and body regions.
The constructed phantoms serve as practical tools for optimizing veterinary X-ray procedures.
This approach can contribute to enhanced image quality and reduced radiation doses in veterinary digital radiography.