ArticleSkeletal radiology2025
Implementing tin-prefiltration in routine clinical CT scans of the lower extremity: impact on radiation dose.
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- Tin-filtered ultra-low-dose CT for lower limb torsion measurements in children and adolescents: a prospective study.Skeletal radiology · 2026Article
- The emerging role of photon-counting detector CT: primary experience on the integrated assessment of acute knee injuries.European radiology experimental · 2025Article
- Assessment of bone-implant interface image quality for in-vivo acetabular cup implants using photon-counting detector CT: Impact of tin pre-filtration.European journal of radiology open · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesSeveral studies have demonstrated the potential of tin-prefiltration to reduce radiation dose while maintaining diagnostic image quality for musculoskeletal imaging. Still, no study has reported data on the impact of tin-prefiltration on radiation dose reduction for clinical routine scanning. MATERIALS AND
methodsRetrospective inclusion of 300 clinically indicated CT scans of the pelvis, knee, and ankle before January 2020 (without tin filter) and after December 2020 (with tin filter). For each joint, 50 examinations with tin-prefiltration and 50 examinations without tin-prefiltration were selected. Dose parameters were extracted, calculated, and compared. Subjective and quantitative parameters for image quality were assessed.
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conclusionThe implementation of tin-prefiltration in clinical routine scan protocols significantly reduced the effective radiation dose for unenhanced CT scans of the lower extremities between 60 and 70%.
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