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Dosimetric Effect of the Position of Arms in Torso CT Scan with Tube Current Modulation


H Liu

H Liu1,2*, Y Gao2 , W Zhuo1 , J Wu1 , X Xu2 , (1) Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, (2) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

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SU-F-207-3 (Sunday, July 12, 2015) 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Room: 207


Purpose:
To evaluate the patient organ dose differences between the arms-raised and arms-lowered postures in Torso multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scan protocols with tube current modulation (TCM).

Methods:
Patient CT organ doses were simulated using the Monte Carlo method with human phantoms and a validated CT scanner model. A set of adult human phantoms with arms raised and arms lowered postures were developed using advanced BREP-based mesh surface geometries. Organ doses from routine Torso scan protocols such as chest, abdomen-pelvis, and CAP scans were simulated. The organ doses differences caused by two different posutres were investigated when tube current modulation (TCM) were applied during the CT scan.

Results:
With TCM applied, organ doses of all the listed organs of arms-lowered posture phantom are larger than those of arms raised phantom. The dose difference for most of the organs or tissues are larger than 50%, and the skin doses difference for abdomen-pelvis scan even reaches 112.03%. This is due to the fact that the tube current for patient with arms-lowered is much higher than for the arms raised posture.
Conclusion:
Considering CT scan with TCM, which is commonly applied clinically, patients who could not raise their arms will receive higher radiation dose than the arms raised patient, with dose differences for some tissues such as the skin being larger than 100%. This is due to the additional tube current necessary to penetrate the arms while maintaining consistent image quality.

Funding Support, Disclosures, and Conflict of Interest: National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.11475047)


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