title: Image quality study in 3D X-ray angiography: a first approach using the experimental design strategy.
abstract: The visual detection of fine structures and the accuracy of the quantitation of geometric and densitometric features, are closely related to the quality of the images available in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) X-ray angiography. In this context, we propose to analyze all the parameters influencing this accuracy using an experimental design strategy. Preliminary tests of this procedure, applied to 2D and 3D angiographic data obtained from a dedicated phantom, yield encouraging results. We show that the detection of small arteries in a 3D angiogram is more sensitive to the number of projections than to the X-ray dose.
authors.affiliation: URA CNRS 1216 Hôpital Cardiologique BP Lyon Montchat, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Renaudin
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Magnin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Trousset
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sergent
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amiel
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008961:Models, Structural; D012107:Research Design; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity