Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the detectability of simulated pulmonary nodules with different X-ray attenuation by flat-panel detector (FPD) chest radiography using a dual-exposure dual-energy subtraction (DES) technique.
Materials And Methods: Using a FPD radiography system, we obtained 108 sets of chest radiographs of a chest phantom. They consisted of 54 sets each of chest radiographs with and without simulated nodules. Each data set contained a standard and a corresponding dual-energy subtracted chest radiograph (DES image). The diameters of the simulated nodules were 8, 10, and 12 mm, respectively; nodules of each size manifested attenuation of -450, -200, and 30 Hounsfield units (HU). We performed receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to compare the observers' performance in detecting nodules.
Results: For the -450 HU nodules the mean areas under the ROC curve (AUC) without and with DES images were 0.66 and 0.77, respectively; the difference was significant (paired t-test, P < 0.01). For nodules with -200 and 30 HU, there was no significant difference in the AUC value (0.79 vs. 0.77, P = 0.13; 0.92 vs. 0.94, P = 0.17, respectively).
Conclusion: The addition of DES images to standard chest radiographs improved the performance of radiologists charged with detecting simulated nodules with an attenuation of -450 HU.
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