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Title: | Visual grading characteristics and ordinal regression analysis during optimisation of CT head examinations |
Authors: | Zarb, Francis McEntee, Mark F. Rainford, Louise |
Keywords: | Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Tomography Radiography, Medical -- Image quality Magnetic resonance imaging Imaging systems in medicine X-rays -- Safety measures X-rays -- Equipment and supplies |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | SpringerOpen |
Citation: | Zarb, F., McEntee, M. F., & Rainford, L. (2015). Visual grading characteristics and ordinal regression analysis during optimisation of CT head examinations. Insights into imaging, 6, 393-401. |
Abstract: | Objectives: To evaluate visual grading characteristics (VGC) and ordinal regression analysis during head CT optimisation as a potential alternative to visual grading assessment (VGA), traditionally employed to score anatomical visualisation. Methods: Patient images (n = 66) were obtained using current and optimised imaging protocols from two CT suites: a 16-slice scanner at the national Maltese centre for trauma and a 64-slice scanner in a private centre. Local resident radiologists (n = 6) performed VGA followed by VGC and ordinal regression analysis. Results: VGC alone indicated that optimised protocols had similar image quality as current protocols. Ordinal logistic regression analysis provided an in-depth evaluation, criterion by criterion allowing the selective implementation of the protocols. The local radiology review panel supported the implementation of optimised protocols for brain CT examinations (including trauma) in one centre, achieving radiation dose reductions ranging from 24 % to 36 %. In the second centre a 29 % reduction in radiation dose was achieved for follow-up cases. Conclusions: The combined use of VGC and ordinal logistic regression analysis led to clinical decisions being taken on the implementation of the optimised protocols. This improved method of image quality analysis provided the evidence to support imaging protocol optimisation, resulting in significant radiation dose savings. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/106811 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacHScRad |
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