Effect of low-dose CT and iterative reconstruction on trabecular bone microstructure assessment

Felix K. Kopp; Thomas Baum; Radin A. Nasirudin; Kai Mei; Eduardo G. Garcia; Rainer Burgkart; Ernst J. Rummeny; Jan S. Bauer; Peter B. Noël

doi:10.1117/12.2216175

29 March 2016 Effect of low-dose CT and iterative reconstruction on trabecular bone microstructure assessment

Felix K. Kopp, Thomas Baum, Radin A. Nasirudin, Kai Mei, Eduardo G. Garcia, Rainer Burgkart, Ernst J. Rummeny, Jan S. Bauer, Peter B. Noël

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Proceedings Volume 9788, Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 97881R (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216175
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The trabecular bone microstructure is an important factor in the development of osteoporosis. It is well known that its deterioration is one effect when osteoporosis occurs. Previous research showed that the analysis of trabecular bone microstructure enables more precise diagnoses of osteoporosis compared to a sole measurement of the mineral density. Microstructure parameters are assessed on volumetric images of the bone acquired either with high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging, high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography or high-resolution computed tomography (CT), with only CT being applicable to the spine, which is one of clinically most relevant fracture sites. However, due to the high radiation exposure for imaging the whole spine these measurements are not applicable in current clinical routine. In this work, twelve vertebrae from three different donors were scanned with standard and low radiation dose. Trabecular bone microstructure parameters were assessed for CT images reconstructed with statistical iterative reconstruction (SIR) and analytical filtered backprojection (FBP). The resulting structure parameters were correlated to the biomechanically determined fracture load of each vertebra. Microstructure parameters assessed for low-dose data reconstructed with SIR significantly correlated with fracture loads as well as parameters assessed for standard-dose data reconstructed with FBP. Ideal results were achieved with low to zero regularization strength yielding microstructure parameters not significantly different from those assessed for standard-dose FPB data. Moreover, in comparison to other approaches, superior noise-resolution trade-offs can be found with the proposed methods.

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Felix K. Kopp, Thomas Baum, Radin A. Nasirudin, Kai Mei, Eduardo G. Garcia, Rainer Burgkart, Ernst J. Rummeny, Jan S. Bauer, and Peter B. Noël "Effect of low-dose CT and iterative reconstruction on trabecular bone microstructure assessment", Proc. SPIE 9788, Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 97881R (29 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2216175

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