CT window technology changes the size of the analog measurements of pulmonary nodules.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 15 CT window technology changes the size of the analog measurements of pulmonary nodules Study: Que Yongsheng Wang Jun Shan Yuan Dongsheng [Abstract] Objective To study the different window technologies on the size of simulated pulmonary nodules measuring the impact of trends. Methods 10mm, 20mm, 30mm made #8203;#8203;by the simulation of fresh pork lung nodules with spiral scan, slice thickness 3mm, 1.2mm reconstruction . were fixed with multiple levels of transformation after the window width and window level, fixed window width and window level transformation after two series, measuring levels of simulated lung nodules center diameter, measured in each group the size of the window closest to the true width of nodules and window level as appropriate simulated lung nodules window combination. Results window for each appropriate combination of simulated nodules of different sizes affect the measurement results are basically the same level and trend. Window-bit analog measurement of nodule size is much larger than the degree of influence width of the window. window level on different levels, corresponding to a more appropriate measure of the window width, and vice versa. In view of the average CT value of simulated nodules 70HU, the measurement of nodule size range of the most appropriate window level window 40 100HU, window width 600 ~ 900HU. has concluded that the true size of simulated lung nodules window width and window level matching between the relatively constant and the relationship between the bandwidth of about 700 +-200HU, window level 70 +-30HU for the simulated lung suitable choice nodules measuring window. [Keywords:] lung; simulated nodules; window technique; tomography; X-ray computed [Abstract] Objective To study the effect on the size of small simulated pulmonary nodules at CT measurement with different window techniques. Methods Three simulated pulmonary nodules (10mm, 20mm, 30mm) made from fresh pork were sca