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Clinical Decision Making in CT: Risk Assessment Comparison Across 12 Risk Metrics in Patient Populations

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2020-06-30
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Ria, Francesco
Fu, Wanyi
Hoye, Jocelyn
Segars, William
Kapadia, Anuj
Samei, Ehsan
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Purpose The Medical Physics 3.0 initiative aims to enhance direct physicist involvement in clinical decision making to improve patient care. In this involvement, it is crucial to achieve effective and patient-specific radiation risk assessment. CT risk characterization presents a variety of metrics, many of which used as radiation risk surrogates; some are related to the device output (CTDI), whereas others include patient organ risk-, age-, and gender-factors (Effective Dose, Risk Index). It is unclear how different metrics can accurately reflect the radiological risk. This study compared how twelve metrics characterize risk across CT patient populations to inform effective clinical decision making in radiology. Methods This IRB-approved study included 1394 adult CT examinations (abdominopelvic and chest). Organ doses were calculated using Monte Carlo methods. The following risk surrogate metrics were calculated: CTDIvol, DLP, SSDE, DLP-based Effective Dose (EDk), organ-dose-based ED (EDOD), dose to defining organ (stomach- and lungs-ODD), organ-dose-based Risk Index (RI), and 20 y.o. patient Risk Index (RIr). Furthermore, ODD,0, ED0, and RI0 were calculated for a reference patient (ICRP 110). Lastly, an adjusted ED (ED') was computed as the product of RI/RIr and EDOD. A linear regression was applied to assess each metric’s dependency to RI, assumed to be the closest patient risk surrogate. The normalized-slope (nS) and a Minimum Risk Detectability Index (MRDI=RMSE/slope) were calculated for each fit. Results The analysis reported significant differences between the metrics. ED’ showed the best concordance with RI in terms of nS and MRDI. Across all metrics and protocols, nS ranged between 0.37(SSDE) to 1.29(RI0); MRDI ranged between 39.11(EDk) to 1.10(ED’) cancers per 105 patients per 0.1Gy. Conclusion Radiation risk characterization in CT populations is strongly affected by the index used to describe it. When involved in clinical decisions, medical physicists should exercise care in ascribing an implicit risk to factors that do not closely reflect risk.
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10.1002/mp.14316
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Kapadia

Anuj J Kapadia

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology
My research focuses on developing an innovative imaging modality - Neutron Stimulated Emission Computed Tomography (NSECT), that uses inelastic scattering through fast neutrons to generate tomographic images of the body's element composition. Such information is vital in diagnosing a variety of disorders ranging from iron and copper overload in the liver to several cancers. Specifically, there are two ongoing projects: 1) Experimental Implementation of NSECT Neutron sp
Samei

Ehsan Samei

Reed and Martha Rice Distinguished Professor of Radiology
Dr. Ehsan Samei, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, FAIMBE, FIOMP, FACR is a Persian-American medical physicist. He is a tenured Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, where he also serves as the Chief Imaging Physicist for Duke University Health System, the director of the Carl E Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories, and the director of Center for Virtual Imaging Trials. He is certi
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William Paul Segars

Associate Professor in Radiology
Our current research involves the use of computer-generated phantoms and simulation techniques to investigate and optimize medical imaging systems and methods. Medical imaging simulation involves virtual experiments carried out entirely on the computer using computational models for the patients as well as the imaging devices. Simulation is a powerful tool for characterizing, evaluating, and optimizing medical imaging systems. A vital aspect of simulation is to have realistic models of the
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