[Utility of Split-bolus Single-phase Protocol for Pulmonary Artery and Vein Separation Preoperative 3D-CTA in Lung Cancer Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery].

There are many variations in branching and running of pulmonary artery (PA) and pulmonary vein (PV). It is desirable to separate as a surgical simulation of lung cancer and important to grasp before video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) to perform quick and safe. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate objective and subjective image quality (contrast attenuation, separation ability, and vascular visualization) of PA and PV of splitbolus single-phase protocol (SBSPP) in preoperative three-dimensional computed tomography angiography (3DCTA).

[Improvement of CT Imaging with a Metal Artifact Reduction Technique for Radiation Treatment Planning-Fundamental Study of Structure Delineation and Dose Calculation].

In radiotherapy planning, CT images are widely used to delineate the gross tumor volume (GTV) and the organs at risks (OARs), which allows for the calculation of the dose distribution to each structure. The delineated contours of the GTV and OARs may become inaccurate, and subsequently result in the inaccurate derivation of the dose distribution, if there are metal artifacts present in the CT image. The metal artifact reduction technique, single energy metal artifact reduction (SEMAR), installed on the CT system (Aquilion ONE Vision Edition, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation) could potentially reduce metal artifacts.