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  • Radiology
  • Diagnostic Imaging

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  • Computed tomography (CT) is a vital diagnostic tool, but image quality and radiation dose can vary widely between scanners.
  • Variability in CT acquisition protocols can affect the diagnostic information obtained, even when addressing the same clinical question.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the variability in diagnostic information from CT images acquired across numerous CT units.
  • To assess the impact of different acquisition protocols on image quality and radiation dose for detecting focal liver lesions.

Main Methods:

  • An anthropomorphic abdominal phantom was scanned on 68 CT systems using local clinical protocols for liver lesion detection.
  • Objective image quality was assessed using a channelized Hotelling observer (CHO) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis (Area Under the Curve - AUC).
  • Radiation dose was quantified using the volume computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol).

Main Results:

  • Median CTDIvol varied significantly with phantom size (5.8 mGy for small, 10.5 mGy for medium, 16.3 mGy for large).
  • Median AUC values, indicating image quality, decreased with increasing phantom size (0.96 for small, 0.90 for medium, 0.83 for large).
  • Significant differences in image quality and radiation dose were observed across the 68 CT systems.

Conclusions:

  • Model observers objectively demonstrate substantial variability in CT image quality and patient dose for the same clinical task.
  • Image quality differences increase with phantom size, highlighting the need to consider patient variability.
  • Standardization of CT protocols is recommended to ensure comparable diagnostic information and optimize patient dose, with clinical requirements guiding dose reduction.