EP3084651A1 - Automatische dosissteuerung für bildgebende medizinische einrichtungen - Google Patents
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- the present invention is in the fields of medical technology; and image processing or electronic controls.
- Imaging medical devices use ionizing radiation to generate evaluable image data, such as images. Computed tomography or fluoroscopy equipment. A fundamental goal is to expose the patient as possible only to such a radiation dose, which is absolutely necessary in order to ensure a sufficient image quality can. The dose of radiation to be applied and the image quality are in a competing relationship, so that the radiation dose is to be determined in each case by weighing the two aspects, which makes automatic control of the radiation dose more difficult. Dose determination is an important preparatory step in the planning, execution and / or control of the device in a radiotherapeutic or nuclear medicine process.
- Dose measurements are modality-specific measurement or estimation methods (eg for CT: volume CT dose index (CTDIvol) and dose length product (DLP); for fluoroscopy: dose area product (DAP), kerma area product (KAP), cumulative air kerma (CAK), and entrance surface dose (ESD), etc.)
- CT volume CT dose index
- DLP dose length product
- DAP dose area product
- KAP kerma area product
- CAK cumulative air kerma
- ESD entrance surface dose
- the optimization of the dose depends on the type of image Examination (used modality and type of examination, such as thoracic CT and abdomen CT).
- radiologists in the prior art method rely on heuristics and experience in preparing examination protocols.
- quality assurance measures that can be used are very limited.
- Radiologists set institutional standards for examination protocols based on published studies from leading centers.
- ionizing radiation is also controlled in regulatory standards (e.g., X-Ray Ordinance) and by external quality assurance agencies (e.g., a physician's office in constancy tests).
- a patient-oriented and patient-specific and case-specific prediction and optimization of examination parameters for dose optimization is on this basis only limited or not possible.
- the heuristics allow influencing of the dose within certain orders of magnitude, ie intervals for examination parameters are often given or fixed protocols which do not or only inadvertently use the individual patient constitution, the hardware and software used and special features of the examination procedure. to consider.
- a first step in quality assurance is to avoid outliers, ie, studies that use an apparently excessive dose rather than a finely granular dose optimization. Because of the high complexity of the relevant parameters, it is not easy to resort to publications describing specially adapted solutions for the current problem (complex constellation of examination type, question, patient constitution and device type) for many examination variants.
- the present invention has the object to provide an automatic dose control system for imaging devices, which evaluates the image quality of a variety of preliminary investigations.
- the preliminary examinations should be specific to the same anatomical area.
- the quality of an imaging examination is to be increased and the radiation intensity for the patient to be reduced while maintaining a sufficient image quality.
- the invention relates to a method for automatically calculating target acquisition parameters for an application of ionizing radiation of a region to be irradiated by means of an imaging device, such as an imaging device.
- an imaging device such as an imaging device.
- a computer tomograph with the following procedural steps:
- Determining at least one anatomical target region in which the ionizing radiation is to be applied wherein the determination is carried out mainly depending on the clinical problem and automatically
- a dose protocol index for a plurality of images with associated radiation dose data or other acquisition parameters is stored for selecting at least one reference image, which also contains the at least one relates to, approximately coincides with or completely encompasses the particular anatomical target region;
- the imaging device is a medical device for image acquisition.
- the image acquisition is performed using ionizing radiation, e.g. by means of a computer tomograph, computer radiography device, x-ray device, tomosynthesis device and / or devices for fluoroscopy.
- ionizing radiation e.g. by means of a computer tomograph, computer radiography device, x-ray device, tomosynthesis device and / or devices for fluoroscopy.
- other devices can be controlled by the method according to the invention, which require a dose determination.
- Acquisition parameters are parameters that must be set when using the medical device.
- radiation dose data is also included in the acquisition parameters. Furthermore, this includes the determination of a reconstruction algorithm, the table feed or other technical device parameters.
- the target acquisition parameters are the acquisition parameters that are used in a future or planned application of the ionizing radiation and whose dose is to be determined and used to control the device.
- the invention thus relates to a method, system and product, and to an analyzer for calculating a target radiation dose (as a representative of acquisition parameters). This is done based on the evaluation of ROI areas of stored images by calculating their image quality at the particular radiation dose used.
- Radiation dose data is the total amount of radiation data produced by current and current applications of ionizing radiation.
- the radiation dose recorded per unit of time is referred to as the dose rate (unit: Sv / s or Sv / h).
- Target radiation dose is the dose of radiation that will be used in a future application of ionizing radiation and its dose will be determined and used to control the device.
- Patient-specific parameters are technical measures that are patient-specific, such as measured laboratory values, size, age or weight of the patient, and / or additional measurements.
- the facility-specific parameters are technical metrics that are device or facility specific, such as exam type, exam protocol, device settings, device manufacturers, and / or other device metrics.
- the data store is realized in a preferred embodiment as a cloud system.
- the data store is accessible via at least one network interface (e.g., from the Internet Protocol family or via a SOAP protocol via Web services) from electronic or computer-based entities (which may also be implemented as a modality / modality client or part thereof).
- the data store can be distributed and distributed to different physical data stores.
- the evaluation of the selected at least one reference image with regard to the image quality and the radiation dose used or the acquisition parameters used is carried out automatically.
- the evaluation is performed by means of a taking into account the detected patient-specific and / or device-specific parameters for calculating the target radiation dose or the target acquisition parameters.
- the Dose Log Index is a specific data structure that can be created in a preprocessing phase.
- the Dose Protocol Index may include the following units: Metadata comprising a medical indication or a clinical question, procedure type,
- Dose-relevant parameters including modality-type specific, device-specific, especially hardware-specific, data on the detector type with serial number, etc.
- the device-specific data sets may also include software specifics, such as the name and identification of at least one reconstruction algorithm used and its version and other algorithms (including image processing algorithms etc.
- references to modality protocols identification of the examination protocol accessed to search the dose protocol index for the upcoming device measurement.
- dose-relevant parameters designates parameters which have an influence on the determination of the dose
- the dose-relevant parameters are also device-specific and thus modality-specific. relevant parameters to consider: - pitch,
- these dose-relevant parameters are combined with the above-mentioned metadata, the indications for the clinical indication (clinical problem), type of pro dent, type of modality, patient data, diagnostic data, further medical data, eg the severity of the disease etc. to automatically calculate the dose to control the pending examination.
- the above data are generally used in all modalities that employ fluorescent radiation. It should be expressly understood that the present invention is not limited to computed tomography and may also control other modalities with respect to dose determination.
- the calculation of the optimal dose of radiation is a complex problem, which makes the consideration of other influencing factors neces sary.
- these include, in particular, parameters relating to the patient (size, weight, severity of illness, etc.). For example, it is known that obese patients regularly require a higher dose of radiation than normal-weight patients.
- the respective imaging device is also to be taken into account (for example, for a CT device are relevant here: pitch, layer collimation, effective layer thickness, rotation time, tube current, current-time product per layer or rotation, tube voltage, etc.)
- a method, an electronic module analyzer, a computer program or computer program product, and a system that can optimize the radiation dose for imaging studies using ionizing radiation In contrast to the prior art no phantom-based measurements are used.
- the prior phantom-based measurements known in the prior art are often based on model calculations under controlled conditions that do not take into account the current patient constitution and only to a limited extent the details of the anatomical structures of the patient and / or the respective imaging device.
- the dose determination is a complex problem that has previously been found manually in examination protocols, which have also been quasi-manually evaluated before upcoming investigations. This procedure proves to be disadvantageous because in this manual procedure only limited parameters for dose determination can be taken into account.
- One of the basic principles of radiology is to use the lowest possible radiation dose for the patient without having to accept disturbing losses in image quality (ALARA principle: as low as reasonable achievable).
- the invention is based directly on this basic principle and evaluates the image quality of previous image recordings for dose optimization.
- the previous image recordings are stored in the data memory, together with dose information. Preferably, these are stored in the dose protocol index.
- the dose protocol index thus contains, in addition to the actual image data, radiation dose data in the form of so-called dose reports (dose reports).
- dose reports dose reports
- the evaluation is based on the respective clinical issue.
- the respective relevant anatomical structure (it is also possible to select several relevant anatomical structures) can be determined automatically by a corresponding algorithm.
- the term "anatomical structure” is to be understood as synonymous with the term “anatomical target region” and is intended to characterize the respective body region which is to be examined.
- Examples of clinical issues and / or investigational indications include "subarachnoid hemorrhage” indicated a computed tomography of the skull, while the indication "clarification of diffuse abdominal pain” indicates a computed tomogram of the abdomen with the administration of an intravenous contrast agent.
- relevant diagnoses can also be taken into account, such as their severity eg in the case of pulmonary fibrosis.
- a computed tomography of the abdomen the dose of which should be optimized or calculated.
- reference images are evaluated, which also affect the abdomen.
- the anatomical target region was determined in the previous procedural step, in this case the abdomen.
- all reference images from the data memory are automatically collected and evaluated, which affect the same anatomical target region (ie abdomen). This means that all reference images are evaluated which completely or partially cover the abdomen or which, in addition to the abdomen, also comprise other surrounding body structures. Which of the alternatives mentioned above should be implemented may be preferably configured.
- the image quality of all selected reference images is evaluated and supplied with the radiation dose used in each case to an evaluation algorithm.
- the evaluation algorithm takes into account the patient-specific parameters and the device-specific parameters detected in the first method step with regard to the technical aspects of the imaging device, their settings, the protocol used, etc.
- the evaluation algorithm is based on one aspect of the invention provided, selectable and / or variable quantitative quality measures.
- the quality measures are based on the measurement of a signal / noise ratio (S / N ratio) of image signals of the at least one reference image. According to a preferred embodiment this can be done entropy-based. In addition, other statistical methods can be used, such as the determination of the variance or the standard deviation of the pixel or voxel values, autocorrelation methods, the processing of a noise power spectrum.
- the evaluation of the image quality of the at least one reference image can be based on a delimitation algorithm according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the demarcation algorithm has the functionality to automatically analyze how sufficiently a particular anatomical structure (eg, tumor tissue, bone structure, heart, etc.) in the reference image can be delimited from surrounding structures (anatomical structures or tissue).
- the demarcation algorithm may include the following steps:
- the demarcation algorithm is based on the evaluation of Blur.
- the quality of the segmentation can also be determined manually.
- Image noise (noise) and image blur (blur) are automatically analyzed for the respective relevant anatomical structures, which can also be described as Region Of Interest (ROI).
- ROI Region Of Interest
- the evaluation is carried out according to the invention in a restricted manner, namely only on the basis of the relevant structures, which are also to be investigated below, and is thus case-specific and patient-oriented.
- the technical effect can be achieved that a significant reduction of the data volume to be evaluated and transmitted can be achieved by evaluating only targeted areas in specific (relevant to the upcoming investigation) images.
- the analysis of image blurring is ROI-based.
- the pixel or voxel values of the border region of the respective ROIs are compared with those of the border region of the background or of adjacent ROIs using neighborhood functions.
- automated algorithms can be used, for example, evaluate a so-called 8er neighborhood of two-dimensional image data. This procedure allows the targeted search for the best quality and case-specific dose optimizations with regard to the available image quality. If required, relevant diagnoses and severity levels can also be taken into account (eg by accessing standardized terminologies and codes in so-called order messages or radiation dose data or dose reports).
- the image noise is e.g. calculated as the standard deviation of the pixel or voxel values of a Region Of Interest (ROI) region.
- ROI Region Of Interest
- the automatic evaluation of the noise or signal / noise ratio in addition to delimitation (blur) is the second independent quality measure, which is also evaluated only ROI-based.
- the images stored in the data store are from different patients and / or from different imaging devices (possibly different manufacturers) and / or from different anatomical regions. This has the advantage that the largest possible cohort can be made available for evaluation for dose optimization.
- the process is divided into two sequential processing phases:
- all image data acquired with different modalities are associated with their respective ones associated and associated dose reports stored in the data store.
- the data stored in the data memory is then evaluated by means of the analyzer prior to the pending examination in order to determine the optimal acquisition parameters for the pending imaging examination.
- the evaluation result can also be stored in a separate data structure.
- the overall cohort of the available reference images increases with each image acquisition that is automatically stored with the associated dose data in the data memory.
- the data store is preferably distributed and / or implemented as a cloud system. It can be accessible via appropriate interfaces (for example RESTful services, for example supported via the HTTP protocol). Thus, the system can be made very flexible.
- further metadata are taken into account, including-depending on the embodiment of the invention-the procedure type, the clinical indication, medical data, severity information, Diagnostic data, weight data, size data, patient age data, modality data, device data (in relation to the hardware and / or software of the device) and other technical device parameters.
- the anatomical target region is automatically determined.
- the user does not have to manually enter a particular anatomical target region (eg heart, knee, liver, etc.), but it is sufficient if a clinical question or indication is entered or imported from other databases (eg from the anamnesis data).
- the relevant anatomical target structures are determined rule-based.
- the clinical problem is automatically analyzed, using a semantic coding system with standardized terminology. This ensures that uniform semantics and controlled terminology are used.
- regulatory standardization requirements for protection against ionizing radiation and dose documentation can be taken into account. These can be derived, for example, from the Euratom Directive (Council Directive
- the target anatomical region is automatically determined by reading out a DICOM (DICOM) header and / or applying an automatic detection algorithm.
- DICOM DICOM
- the at least one reference image is selected by applying a selection algorithm from the set of images stored in the data memory to determine the reference image or images.
- the reference images (as a rule, there are a plurality of reference images) are determined in such a way by automatically analyzing whether in the reference image the respectively determined anatomical target region is partially or completely contained or encompassed.
- the anatomical target region must therefore match the image with the reference image.
- the selection algorithm may comprise an image processing algorithm according to another aspect of the invention.
- the image processing algorithm can be used to estimate the noise.
- the signal / noise ratio and / or the image blur (blur) can be evaluated.
- the image processing algorithm may cumulatively or alternatively serve to select from the selected images certain image areas that are relevant to the upcoming examination (eg, the heart in an upper body CT for a pending cardiac exam).
- the calculation can only be performed on relevant data records and thus on a much smaller data volume.
- Another object of the invention is an analyzer (also referred to interchangeably as dose analyzer or dose analyzer) for automatically calculating a target radiation dose or target acquisition parameters of ionizing radiation of a region to be irradiated by means of an imaging device.
- the analyzer includes:
- a parameter acquisition interface intended to capture patient-specific parameters and / or facility-specific parameters
- a target region determination unit which is intended to determine at least one anatomical target region in which the ionizing radiation is to be applied;
- Cloud-based data storage in which a plurality of images are stored with associated radiation dose data or dose reports and which is intended for selecting at least one reference image, which also relates to the approximately at least one anatomical target region, approximately coincides with or completely includes;
- An evaluation unit which is used for automatically evaluating the selected at least one reference image with regard to the image quality and the radiation used. or acquiring parameters under consideration of the detected patient-specific and / or device-specific parameters for calculating the target radiation dose or the target acquisition parameters.
- Another aspect of the invention relates to a radiation dose control system for automatically calculating or optimizing a target radiation dose of ionizing radiation of a region to be irradiated, comprising:
- a dose control unit of the imaging device is controlled by means of an evaluation result of the analyzer.
- An alternative task solution also exists in a computer program with computer program code for carrying out all method steps of the claimed or above-described method when the computer program is executed on the computer.
- the computer program can also be stored on a machine-readable storage medium.
- An alternative task solution provides a storage medium which is intended to store the computer-implemented method described above and is readable by a computer. It is within the scope of the invention that not all steps of the method must necessarily be performed on one and the same Computerin punch, but they can also be performed on different computer instances. The sequence of the method steps can also be varied if necessary.
- FIG. 1 shows an overview of a Strahlendo- sis control system with over one or more
- FIG. 2 shows an overview of a computer tomograph as an imaging device with corresponding
- FIG. 3 shows a flow chart according to a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention and
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of an analyzer according to the invention with further units.
- the invention relates to a method, an analyzer A, a radiation dose control system 1 and one or more computer programs or computer program products for calculation and / or optimizing the radiation dose for imaging examinations using ionizing radiation.
- the goal is to generate one or more control commands sb in order to control the imaging device 10 (eg the computed tomography) so that it provides the best possible image quality with the lowest possible radiation dose and this depending on the particular patient and the clinical issue or the investigations to be carried out.
- the ALARA principle (as low as reasonable
- Patient-specific parameters PPar and device-specific parameters EPar are taken into account.
- the patient-specific parameters PPar relate to the patient to be examined and include, for example, medical data and other dose-related data (e.g., weight and size) of the patient.
- the device-specific parameters EPar are those that are specific to the imaging device 10. These may be device-dependent parameters which characterize the hardware and / or software of the device, which are specific to the type of modality and / or which refer to a modality protocol to be executed.
- the modality-specific parameters also include the pitch, the layer collimation, an effective layer thickness, the rotation time, the tube current, the tube current-time product etc. It is essential for the invention that the calculation of the radiation dose automatically and without further user interaction both the patient-specific parameters PPar and the device-specific parameters EPar are taken into account.
- Another important feature of the invention is the fact that in addition to the previously mentioned data sets, the respective current clinical issue is taken into account. On the basis of the respective clinical question or indication, the following calculation is carried out in the analyzer A. In this case, it is possible to refer back to a coding system C to ensure consistent semantics and terminology.
- Another important feature of the invention is characterized in that already existing and existing images that are stored in a data memory S, are evaluated.
- the evaluation takes place with regard to the image quality.
- the images are not arbitrary images, but there is a targeted selection of stored in the data memory S images with regard to the investigation to be performed.
- corresponding reference images are selected which are evaluated with regard to image quality and possibly further features in order to be able to calculate the most optimized dose of radiation possible for the upcoming investigation.
- corresponding images in this context means that a selection algorithm is applied to the stored images.
- the selection algorithm serves to filter out of the set of generally available images that filter out with the reference images, with respect to the anatomical structures shown with the anatomical target region
- ROIs target regions
- the selection can thus be divided into two parts: Firstly, the selection of the relevant images (comprising ROI) and, secondly, the selection of the image regions in the images determined to be relevant.
- the method can use a very large number of preliminary images for the calculation, which are evaluated with regard to the image quality and the respective radiation dose.
- the calculation can be carried out specifically for the respective investigation.
- consideration will increasingly be given to the preliminary recordings which have corresponding patient-specific parameters PPar and corresponding device-specific parameters EPar in order to be able to ensure the most consistent possible correspondence between reference image and recording to be performed.
- FIG. 1 shows a summary view of a radiation dose control system 1 with several modules.
- the core component is the analyzer A, which is shown as a central element.
- the analyzer A comprises a parameter detection interface PAR-SS which is intended to detect the patient-specific parameters PPar and / or the device-specific parameters EPar.
- the analyzer A comprises a target region determination unit ZR, which is intended to determine at least one anatomical target region in which the ionizing target region Radiation should be applied.
- the anatomical target region is therefore the anatomical body structure that is to be imaged in the upcoming examination, the dose of which is to be determined.
- the analyzer A comprises a network interface NW-SS for accessing a cloud-based data memory S, which is shown in Figure 1 on the right side.
- the data memory S can be designed as a central memory or as a distributed system and comprise a plurality of memory instances. This is to be represented in FIG. 1 by the multiple instances of the data memory S.
- a plurality of images are stored with associated radiation dose data.
- the radiation dose data can be stored in the form of a dose report in a special data structure, namely in a dose protocol index DPI.
- the network interface NW-SS is used to generate a selection command and to access the data memory S, in particular the dose protocol index DPI.
- the selection command ab includes an identification of the anatomical target region for the upcoming examination.
- the data memory S On the selection command from those reference images RB are to be read from the data memory S, which correspond with respect to the anatomical target region.
- the data memory S returns a set of reference images RB to the network interface NW-SS.
- These reference images RB are evaluated by an evaluation unit AE, which may also be part of the analyzer (as shown in Figure 1). In an alternative embodiment, however, it is also possible that the evaluation unit AE is designed as a separate module or is integrated as an electronic module in the imaging device 10. Of course, it is also possible to form the above-mentioned individual modules of the analyzer A also distributed and not distributed in a common electronic device, but to implement several different instances.
- the evaluation unit AE is used for automatically selecting the selected reference images RB.
- a control command sb can be generated, which can be forwarded to a dose control unit D.
- the dose control unit D may be part of the imaging device 10.
- the imaging device 10 usually comprises one or more radiation sources 11 and a detector 12. As indicated in FIG. 1, the imaging device 10 usually also comprises a plurality of units. These units will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 2 shows an overview of an imaging device 10, which may be designed, for example, as a computed tomography scanner with further interfaces.
- an input / output interface I / O-SS is provided to receive and output input and output data.
- the imaging device 10 comprises an internal interface SS, a central processing unit CPU, one or more memories MEM and a dose control unit D, which is intended for controlling the optical system OS.
- the optical system OS comprises the radiation source 11 and the detector 12.
- the optical system OS is intended to capture and output image data B and to output this with the associated (radiation) dose data in the form of a dose report DR. This can be done in the form of a data tuple, which - as shown in FIG. 1 - is forwarded by the imaging device 10 via corresponding interfaces to the cloud-based data memory S for storage.
- the method according to the invention will be explained in more detail in accordance with a preferred embodiment with reference to FIG.
- the image data B is captured by means of the imaging device 10 in step 100.
- step 200 the detection of the dose-relevant parameters takes place, which can be stored and forwarded in the form of a dose report DR.
- step 300 the image data D with associated dose report data is stored in the data memory S.
- the steps 100 to 300 may be identified as preprocessing phase, which precedes the actual dose determination phase in time and is preferably decoupled from the expiry of the dose determination phase.
- the pre-processing phase serves to provide a sufficient overall basis of image data, which can subsequently be evaluated for the selection of the acquisition parameters for optimizing the dose with the best possible image quality (determination of the target radiation dose).
- step 400 the acquisition of device-specific parameters EPar takes place.
- step 500 the acquisition of patient-specific parameters PPar takes place.
- step 600 the automatic determination of the anatomical target region in which the ionizing radiation is to be applied in the upcoming examination takes place.
- step 700 access to the data memory S with the specific anatomical target region for selection of at least one reference image RB takes place.
- step 800 automatic, computer-based selection of at least one reference image RB takes place.
- a set of reference images RB is usually selected and forwarded to the evaluation unit AE of the analyzer A for the calculation.
- Step 900 relates to the automatic, computer-based evaluation of the selected reference images RB with regard to their image quality and dose taking into account the acquired technical parameters PPar, EPar for determining a target radiation dose.
- step 1000 the output of the control command SB for controlling the imaging device 10 takes place with regard to the acquisition parameters to be applied, via which the dose to be administered is also controlled.
- FIG. 4 shows an overview of the use and communication of different computer-based units, in particular in the situation at the client C1 or at the modality workstation, before an upcoming examination or optionally also decoupled from an upcoming current examination.
- the method can also be used if the use of dose protocols in a quality assurance measure is to be checked on a modality.
- FIG. 4 thus relates to the search for suitable or optimized dose protocols for upcoming imaging examinations.
- the analyzer A automatically performs an analysis of the image data of reference images with a quality check for noise and blur. The analysis is carried out only in the relevant anatomical regions (in the specific anatomical target region). In this case, optionally a terminology service can be used, which is identified in FIG. 4 by the reference symbol TS.
- TS terminology service
- Terminology service TS is used to perform a semantic analysis and in particular to analyze semantic relationships of procedure type, modality type and other code values.
- the dose protocol index DPI is created, which contains information on examination protocols with regard to dose optimization and also references to the associated image data B and the associated dose reports DR.
- the respective dose protocols are modality-specific.
- CT protocols with information on pitch, layer collimation, layer thickness, tube current, tube current time product etc. are to be taken into account in the analyzer A.
- Clients in particular modality clients Cl, can query the dosis protocol information before pending investigations via the analyzer A. In doing so, information on the type of procedure, indication, type of modality, patient data and, optionally, other parameters (diagnosis, severity) must be taken into account. As a result, the client Cl gets the Reports that have the lowest image noise (noise) at a given dose and the highest possible image sharpness (little blur / blur) for the relevant anatomical target region. On the client side, the images that belong to the best protocols can be checked by the user before the imminent imaging examination. The user can confirm or reject the automatically generated proposal by a user input. As shown in Figure 4, the client can with a
- Modality Configuration Repository MCR communicate.
- the analyzer A also communicates with a registry R, which in the preferred embodiment can also be embodied as an instance of the data memory S and comprises the dose protocol index DPI.
- the registry R can communicate with another repository, namely the image and report repository IRR.
- a cloud-based data pool that can be implemented in the form of the data memory S and that allows the use and analysis of manufacturer-specific image and associated metadata and dose reports DR.
- device-specific parameters EPar are automatically taken into account (such as the detector type) and the further parameters with regard to the image acquisition subsequent image processing step in the form of image processing algorithms.
- the image processing algorithms are distinguished, for example, by different reconstruction algorithms with convolution kernels and statistical postprocessing.
- the data can advantageously be evaluated in anonymous form, without an indication of the patient's identity (PHI information), such as name, patient ID, address, etc.
- PHI information patient's identity
- the coding system C may also include information regarding codes for clinical issues (e.g., based on the terminology of Snomed). Relevant anatomical structures, in particular the anatomical target region, are determined rule-based and depending on the type of examination.
- the evaluation unit AE of the analyzer A is used for automatic evaluation of the provided reference images RB.
- relevant anatomical structures are segmented and, using terminologies - under access to the coding system C - semantically unambiguously designated to allow targeted evaluations and comparisons with other reference images RB or images (or studies) (eg the determination of ROI areas , the example of the lung: Certain pulmonary arteries in the lung tissue).
- the codes are stored as metadata for the respective images RB or for the dose reports DR.
- the semantically clearly defined anatomical target regions form the basis for the automated evaluation of the image quality which is oriented to relevant anatomical structures.
- a significant advantage of the invention is the fact that the dose optimization can be performed across departments and across all ganisations. Dose optimization can thus also be used as a central solution for various hospitals and clinical facilities, using a broad database, as a population of images and radiation dose data.
- the cloud-based provision of the data in the data memory S makes it possible to access a very large database in order to be able to calculate the dose optimization on the broadest possible basis.
- the dose can be set very specific to the particular application by entering the respective parameters PPar, EPar.
- these parameters PPar, EPar are included in the evaluation.
- Metadata for imaging studies are also considered (e.g., DICOM attributes: patient size, patient weight, patient gender, etc.). These parameters can be automatically read from the specific automatically provided records. Usually, the DICOM protocol is used for this purpose. The data records can be read from the DICOM header. According to the invention can thus be imaged that certain medical applications to others
- patient sizes also has an influence on the scan area or the scan length. This can advantageously be taken into account automatically.
- patient groups can also be formed by gender, body mass index or weight classes.
- SOAP-based messages are provided or so-called restful services (which fulfill REST conditions; REST: representational state transfer, including HTTP-based commands, such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) used for access with the cloud-based Image and report repositories in the data store S ensure that NEN. This ensures a very easy exchange with the cloud-based system.
- the images and the dose reports DR are stored in the repositories or in the cloud data store S after the image acquisition from the modalities or from the assigned workstations.
- the repositories are also preferably cloud-based.
- the automatic calculation of the target radiation dose according to the invention is not carried out on the basis of phantom-based estimates.
- the determination according to the invention is not model-based, but taking into account the specific patient constitution and the specific anatomical structures as well as the specific device situation.
- a feedback loop (feedback loop) is provided between the patient examination with the image acquisition on the one hand and the dose determination on the other hand. It can be automatically ensured that the quality of the dose determination can be automatically increased with each image acquisition, since a new data set of the population of images provided for evaluation is increased.
- the dose determination or optimization method according to the invention can also be readily integrated into existing standards. It is based in particular on the DICOM standard and can also be based on precursors such as HL7.
- archiving can be carried out using PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) with other information systems.
- the method can advantageously be used for imaging studies, such as lung cancer screening, other screenings or follow-up examinations.
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