title: Measurement of CT section thickness by using the partial volume effect.
abstract: A method to calculate section thickness from mean computed tomographic (CT) numbers of two materials in a section (and by varying the ratio of their volume) was developed. A cylindrical water phantom with an acrylic rod at the center was used, and section thickness was measured with two CT scanners. At actual section thicknesses of more than 4 mm, results with this method differed from results of the aluminum ramp method by only about 10%. At section thicknesses of 1-2 mm, however, the difference was about 30%-50%. Measurement with this method was not influenced by filter function and therefore was more accurate than with the aluminum ramp method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Osaka City University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Onoyama
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D008961:Models, Structural; D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods