Flashcards in Forming CT Images Deck (39)
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What do you need to measure in order to produce a cross-sectional image?
Attenuation information through many projections
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What are the three scanning methods used in CT?
Localizer
Conventional (Serial)
Helical
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When would a localizer image (single projection image) be used?
To position the slices at the location where we want to collect the cross-sectional images
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Which of the scanning methods used in CT produces cross-sectional images?
Conventional & Helical Scan
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What is another term used for helical scans?
Spiral or Volumetric CT
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What views may be collected in a localizer scan?
Lateral
Anterior/Posterior
Oblique
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When would an AP localizer image be collected?
To specify transverse slices
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When would a lateral localizer image be collected?
To specify oblique slices when the gantry is angle
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What is the length of anatomical coverage of the localizer image dependent upon?
Speed of the patient table and amount of time the x-ray tube is on
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What are the reasons as to why helical CT is most often used in CT studies performed today?
Speed
Ease of use
Ability to reconstruct images
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Conventional CT yields the best image quality which is free from:
Helical artifacts
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What are some reasons as to why conventional CT scans may be chosen over helical CT?
Neurological work involving fine detail
Obese patients
Cardiac calcium scoring
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When performing a conventional scan on a single-row detector scanner, how is raw data obtained?
By a single rotation of the gantry from only one cross-sectional slice location
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Why does a helical scan's x-ray beam take on a helical path?
The patient table is moved through the gantry at the same time that the x-ray tube rotates around the patient's body
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Why would a patient be required to refrain from breathing in CT?
To minimize motion artifacts
To avoid skipping anatomy
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What are some advantages of helical scanning?
Faster studies
More coverage in a breath-hold
No missed anatomy
Less contrast injection needed
Arbitrary slice positioning
Ideal data for post-processing
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In a helical scan, how is the path of the x-ray beam defined?
Thickness of the x-ray bream
Speed of the patient table
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How is the thickness of the x-ray beam determined on a single-row detector scanner?
It equals the slice thickness of the final image
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How is the thickness of the x-ray bream determined on a multi-row detector scanner?
It is divided by the number of rows of detectors being used
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In which scanning method used in CT does not collect images in a single slice plane?
Helical
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What must be done to the attenuation information in a helical scan?
It must be divided into raw data files for individual, planar slices
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What are sharp reconstruction filters often used for?
Visualizing musculoskeletal detail
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What are smooth reconstruction filters often used for?
Visualizing soft tissue contrast
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On what kind of scanners would back projection be used?
Single-row detector
Multi-row detector
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Why would retrospective reconstruction be commonly performed?
To apply a different reconstruction filter
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Why might retrospective reconstruction be performed on MDCT scanners?
To vary the reconstructed slice thickness
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Multiplanar reconstruction requires only the _____ data.
Image
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3D surface rendering is performed on the _____ data.
Image
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In which orientation would we position the scanner if we want to angle the slice away from the transverse plane and toward the coronal plane?
Lateral
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What is used to store the actual attenuation data measured by the detectors prior to image reconstruction?
Raw data file
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What is another term used for reconstruction filter?
“Kernel”
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On scanners that are capable of collecting 64 slices in one rotation, which reconstruction is used?
Cone beam
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On scanners that do not collect more than four slices per rotation, which reconstruction method is best to be used?
Back-projection
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When performing retrospective reconstruction, what kind of data is needed?
Raw data
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On a single-row detector, how is the slice thickness determined?
By the collimation of the x-ray beam
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Which reconstruction process is used to reconstruct images in orientations other than the one in which they were acquired?
Multiplanar reconstruction
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Overlapping slices with no gaps in-between generates the most diagnostic _____ reconstruction
Multi-planar
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Which reconstruction method allows us to reconstruct images using different parameters than those that were originally reconstructed?
Retrospective reconstruction
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