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X-ray Phase-contrast imaging

Martin Bech

Universitetslektor

X-ray Phase-contrast imaging

Pulmonary Emphysema Diagnosis with a Preclinical Small-Animal X-ray Dark-Field Scatter-Contrast Scanner

Författare

  • Andre Yaroshenko
  • Felix G. Meinel
  • Martin Bech
  • Arne Tapfer
  • Astrid Velroyen
  • Simone Schleede
  • Sigrid Auweter
  • Alexander Bohla
  • Ali Oe. Yildirim
  • Konstantin Nikolaou
  • Fabian Bamberg
  • Oliver Eickelberg
  • Maximilian F. Reiser
  • Franz Pfeiffer
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Summary, in English

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that the joint distribution of x-ray transmission and dark-field signals obtained with a compact cone-beam preclinical scanner with a polychromatic source can be used to diagnose pulmonary emphysema in ex vivo murine lungs. Materials and Methods: The animal care committee approved this study. Three excised murine lungs with pulmonary emphysema and three excised murine control lungs were imaged ex vivo by using a grating-based micro-computed tomographic (CT) scanner. To evaluate the diagnostic value, the natural logarithm of relative transmission and the natural logarithm of dark-field scatter signal were plotted on a per-pixel basis on a scatterplot. Probability density function was fit to the joint distribution by using principle component analysis. An emphysema map was calculated based on the fitted probability density function. Results: The two-dimensional scatterplot showed a characteristic difference between control and emphysematous lungs. Control lungs had lower average median logarithmic transmission (-0.29 vs -0.18, P = .1) and lower average dark-field signal (-0.54 vs -0.37, P = .1) than emphysematous lungs. The angle to the vertical axis of the fitted regions also varied significantly (7.8 degrees for control lungs vs 15.9 degrees for emphysematous lungs). The calculated emphysema distribution map showed good agreement with histologic findings. Conclusion: X-ray dark-field scatter images of murine lungs obtained with a preclinical scanner can be used in the diagnosis of pulmonary emphysema. (C) RSNA, 2013

Avdelning/ar

  • Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

426-432

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Radiology

Volym

269

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Radiological Society of North America

Ämne

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1527-1315