中国组织工程研究 ›› 2010, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (26): 4818-4822.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8225.2010.26.017

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基于体积变化的四维计算机断层图像重建

张书旭1,余 辉1,杨 俊2,周凌宏3,张海南1,林生趣1   

  1. 1广州医学院附属肿瘤医院放疗中心,广东省广州市    510095;
    2解放军458医院,广东省广州市510060;
    3南方医科大学生物医学工程学院,广东省广州市510515
  • 出版日期:2010-06-25 发布日期:2010-06-25
  • 作者简介:张书旭,男,1968年生,四川省内江市人,汉族,2009年南方医科大学生物医学工程学院毕业,博士,主任技师,硕士生导师,主要从事精确放疗研究。 gthzsx@163. com
  • 基金资助:

    广州市属高校科技计划项目(08A008):
    广州医学院博士基金项目(2010-1-11):

Four-dimensional computerized tomography reconstruction based on body volume change  

Zhang Shu-xu1, Yu Hui1, Yang Jun2, Zhou Ling-hong3, Zhang Hai-nan1, Lin Sheng-qu1   

  1. 1Radiotherapy Center, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou  510095, Guangdong Province, China;
    2The 458 Hospital of Chinese PLA, Guangzhou  510060, Guangdong Province, China;
    3School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou  510515, Guangdong Province, China
  • Online:2010-06-25 Published:2010-06-25
  • About author:Zhang Shu-xu, Doctor, Chief technician, Master’s supervisor, Radiotherapy Center, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510095, Guangdong Province, China gthzsx@163.com
  • Supported by:

    the Science and Technology Development Program of Guangzhou Higher Education Institutes, No. 08A008*;
    the Doctoral Foundation Program of Guangzhou Medical University, No. 2010-1-11*

摘要:

背景:目前还没有国产的四维计算机断层图像(4D-CT)机,而进口4D-CT系统要求在图像采集过程中监测呼吸信号,因此4D-CT重建只局限于特定少数品牌的进口CT机。另外,呼吸监测装置及4D-CT重建软件价格高昂,限制了这一先进技术在国内的普及应用。
目的:克服现有4D-CT重建系统的缺陷,在普通多螺旋CT上实现4D-CT重建。
方法:采用VC++程序设计语言和VTK工具包,开发4D-CT图像重建软件系统。对自由呼吸的患者进行多床位电影模式(Cine模式)扫描,每个床位Cine扫描持续时间约为患者的1个呼吸周期加1 s(4~6 s),在这期间每排CT探测器重建出8~15幅不同时刻(相位)的CT图像。
结果与结论:根据体表轮廓和肺组织的体积变化确定CT图像在呼吸周期中的相位,并按相位不同对所有CT图像进行分组,得到一个完整的呼吸周期中多个相位的CT系列,再分别对各相CT图像序列进行三维(3D)重建,即得到了随时间变化的4D-CT系列,它不但明显地消除了运动伪影,而且反映了胸部和腹部脏器随呼吸运动变化的规律。提示基于体表轮廓和肺体积的周期性变化,能在普通螺旋CT上实现4D-CT重建,其重建过程不依赖于外在的呼吸监测装置、不受CT机本身的软硬件限制,具有普遍适用性。

关键词: 四维计算机断层图像, 运动伪影, 图像重建, 放射治疗, 肺癌

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: There is no domestic four-dimensional computerized tomography (4D-CT). The import 4D-CT system requires respiratory signals during image collection, limiting the reconstruction in only several CT machine. In addition, respiration monitor device and 4D-CT reconstruction software cost high, limiting the wide application in China.
OBJECTIVE: To overcome the shortcoming of present commercial 4D-CT reconstruction system and implement 4D-CT reconstruction based on multi-slices CT scanner.
METHODS: A 4D-CT reconstruction software program (GTH4DIM V2.0) was developed by using VC++ and VTK software tools. The CT data of patient undergoing free breathing were acquired in Cine mode by a GE LightSpeed 16 CT scanner, with the Cine during time equal to the breathing period of the patient plus one second (about 4-6 seconds), and 8 to 15 slices CT images were acquired by a row CT detector in every Cine scan. The phase of each CT slice was determined according to the volume change rule of scanned thoracic cavity and lung tissue during respiration.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: All of the CT data with the same phase, which were acquired in Cine mode, were resorted by GTH4DIM V2.0 into a same CT series, and several 3D-CT series with the different phases could be obtained. 3D reconstruction of the CT data was completed by using GTH4DIM V2.0 software. Compared with the unsorted CT data, the motion artifacts in the 3D reconstruction of sorted CT data were significantly reduced, and all of the resorted multi-phase CT series result in a 4D-CT, which reflected the characteristics of the periodical motion viscera contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities. The results suggest that time-resolved 4D-CT reconstruction of periodical motion viscera could be implemented with any general multi-slice CT scanners based on the volume change rule of scanned thoracic cavity and lung tissue during respiration, and the process of the 4D-CT data acquisition and reconstruction were independent on the respiration monitoring system and not restricted to the hardware or software of the CT scanner. Therefore, it is a universal 4D-CT reconstruction method.

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