title: Evaluation of the spatial resolution of multiplanar reconstruction images.
abstract: We present a simple method for evaluating the spatial resolution of multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) multiplanar reconstruction images (MPRs). We scanned a bead phantom to obtain the three-dimensional point spread function (PSF), and bead-centric MPRs were generated. The modulation transfer function (MTF) was calculated from the MPRs via a two-dimensional Fourier transform (2DFFT) of the PSF. The results showed that, when MPRs were reconstructed using axial images less than or equal to a nominal 1.0-mm slice-width with a standard kernel for the abdomen, the MTF in the longitudinal direction (z-direction) was superior to that in the in-plane (x-y plane) direction. It was also found that the arbitrary-angle MTFs of MPRs were between the MTFs of the in-plane and longitudinal directions. It was confirmed that this method can be used to evaluate MPR spatial resolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. kudomi@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kudomi
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Masateru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakubo
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanada
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
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