曾經為了這個參數,被主任電的滿頭包 XD
傳統的SSCT,slice pitch的定義是:
Pitch=table increment per 360。 gantry rotation/ beam collimation
其中 beam collimation= slice thickness
翻成中文,就是這樣講的:
螺距 等於 table在gantry每轉一圈時所前進的距離 除以 切片厚度。
(好白爛的翻譯)
看題目:
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使用螺旋式CT(spiral/helical CT)檢查時,若pitch值為1.5,掃描時間為32秒,X-光管每0.8秒轉一圈,切片厚度為6 mm,求身體長軸照射長度為多少公分?(A)36(B)16(C)28.8(D)23
詳解:
首先,用pitch公式計算出每一圈table可以跑多遠:
1.5=X/0.6 ,所以 X=0.9 cm
那每圈可以跑0.9公分,但他這段時間裡到底轉了幾圈呢?
32/0.8=40 意思就是轉了40圈。
最後,40x0.9=36 ,所以答案就是(A)
(媽呀,這種解題法好像小學生,這樣再看不懂我覺得可以不要浪費國考報名費了)
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若多切片CT(multislice CT)的多行偵測器陣列(multidetector array)共有4行,每次投射取4張切片,請根據beam pitch值與slice pitch值的定義,並藉螺旋線的幾何軌跡,判斷下列何種pitch值螺旋線的重疊最嚴重、X光的使用效率最差?(A)slice pitch=2,beam pitch=2/4(B)slice pitch=3,beam pitch=3/4(C)slice pitch=2.5,beam pitch=2.5/4(D)slice pitch=3.5,beam pitch=3.5/4
解:這題是觀念題根本不用動筆算 囧
要找pitch的示意圖來看嗎?
以上可以證明這個題目百考不厭,從我們念書的時候考到現在,還是年年考,只是換個長相。
好,但是時代與時俱進,現在早已經是MSCT的時代了,在使用helical技術掃描的時候,會發生新的情況。
slice pitch需要稍稍修正成為beam pitch的觀念。
我要引用一段Lee W. Goldman寫的「Principles of CT: Multislice CT」這篇paper上的內容:
For example, a 4-slice MSCT helical scan with 15 mm of table movement per rotation and a 20-mm-wide x-ray beam (to acquire four 5-mm slices) would yield the following pitch calculation based on the earlier definition: pitch = table movement per rotation/slice thickness = 15 mm/5 mm = 3.0. This calculation does not immediately convey the fact that although the pitch is much greater than 1, there is clearly x-ray beam overlap, because the total width of the x-ray beam is 20 mm and the table is moving only 15 mm per rotation. To address this situation, a new definition of pitch was adopted. In this definition, the denominator is replaced with the total thickness of all of the simultaneously acquired slices; that is, if n slices each of slice thickness T are acquired, then the total width is n × T, and the new pitch definition is as follows: pitch = table movement per rotation/(n × T) (beam pitch). Because the original definition is still occasionally referenced, the new pitch definition in the latter equation is called “beam pitch.” The original definition is now referred to as “detector pitch,” on the basis of the idea that slice thickness (in the denominator of the original definition) in MSCT is determined by detector configuration. With the new definition, beam pitch for the example just given would be calculated as follows: pitch = table movement per rotation/(n × T) = 15 mm/(4 × 5 mm) = 0.75.
本來是很簡單的觀念,讓我再把它弄更簡單一點,意思就是說,beam pitch跟slice pitch之間有個比例關係,而那個差異就在於「排數」
beam pitch=slice pitch/排數(或者叫切數)
所以看到這裡,你會不會覺得剛剛上一題還動筆起來算是很蠢的行為?
來看題目:
器97-2(22)
若多切片CT(multislice CT)的多行偵測器陣列(multidetector array),共有16 行偵測器,每一行的寬均為1.25 mm,X 光管每旋轉一圈病床前進8 mm,如果X 光每次投射同時取4 張切片,
當beam pitch 值設為0.8 時,每一張切片的厚度為何?
(A) 1.25 mm
(B) 2.50 mm
(C) 3.75 mm
(D) 5.00 mm
這樣代入公式進去算,大家應該都會了齁!
題目上總是有些廢話和誤導人的數字,觀念清楚就不會被騙囉~
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