Added value of a single-energy projection-based metal-artifact reduction algorithm for the computed tomography evaluation of oral cavity cancers

作者：Hirata Kenichiro; Utsunomiya Daisuke^*; Oda Seitaro; Kidoh Masafumi; Funama Yoshinori; Yuki Hideaki; Yoshida Morikatsu; Yamashita Yasuyuki

来源：Japanese Journal of Radiology, 2015, 33(10): 650-656.

DOI：10.1007/s11604-015-0471-9

• Head/neck
• CT
• Adults
• Technology assessment

The purpose of our study was to investigate the added value of the single-energy projection-based metallic artifact reduction (SEMAR) technique on the visualization and diagnostic confidence of oral cavity cancers.
Contrast-enhanced CT was performed on 40 patients with dental metalwork. Of these, 18 patients had pathologically confirmed oral cavity cancer, and the other 22 patients had no lesions. CT attenuation and noise in the oral cavity were compared between the conventional and SEMAR images. Two radiologists visually graded the diagnostic confidence on a 5-point scale from 1 (definitely absent) to 5 (definitely present). The value of the SEMAR was assessed in a receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis.
The artifact of the SEMAR images was significantly lower than that of the conventional images (38.4 +/- A 18.0 HU vs. 187.7 +/- A 162.7 HU; P < 0.01). Reviewers 1 and 2 detected 10 and 7 more lesions with the SEMAR, respectively. Areas under the curve for the conventional and SEMAR reconstruction were 0.761 and 0.942, respectively, for reviewer 1 and 0.701 and 0.864, respectively, for reviewer 2.
The SEMAR significantly improved the oral cavity cancer visualization and diagnostic confidence.

• 出版日期2015-10