Transmission characteristics of a two dimensional antiscatter grid prototype for CBCT

Medical Physics
Cem AltunbasMoyed Miften

Abstract

High fraction of scattered radiation in cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging degrades CT number accuracy and visualization of low contrast objects. To suppress scatter in CBCT projections, we developed a focused, two-dimensional antiscatter grid (2DASG) prototype. In this work, we report on the primary and scatter transmission characteristics of the 2DASG prototype aimed for linac mounted, offset detector geometry CBCT systems in radiation therapy, and compared its performance to a conventional one-dimensional ASG (1DASG). The 2DASG is an array of through-holes separated by 0.1 mm septa that was fabricated from tungsten using additive manufacturing techniques. Through-holes' focusing geometry was designed for offset detector CBCT in Varian TrueBeam system. Two types of ASGs were evaluated: (a) a conventional 1DASG with a grid ratio of 10, (b) the 2DASG prototype with a grid ratio of 8.2. To assess the scatter suppression performance of both ASGs, Scatter-to-primary ratio (SPR) and scatter transmission fraction (Ts) were measured using the beam stop method. Scatter and primary intensities were modulated by varying the phantom thickness between 10 and 40 cm. Additionally, the effect of air gap and bow tie (BT) filter on SPR and Ts were ev...Continue Reading

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