Open AccessIdentification of a unique cause of ring artifact seen in computed tomography trans-axial images
Author(s) -
Ashish Kumar Jha,
Nilendu Purandare,
Sneha Shah,
Archi Agrawal,
Ameya Puranik,
Venkatesh Rangarajan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.121970
Subject(s) - artifact (error) , medicine , computed tomography , image quality , tomography , nuclear medicine , radiology , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , computer science
Artifacts present in computed tomography (CT) image often degrade the image quality and ultimately, the diagnostic outcome. Ring artifact in trans-axial image is caused by either miscalibrated or defective detector element of detector row, which is often categorized as scanner based artifact. A ring artifact detected on trans-axial CT image of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), was caused by contamination of CT tube aperture by droplet of injectable contrast medium. This artifact was corrected by removal of contrast droplet from CT tube aperture. The ring artifact is a very common artifact, commonly cited in the literature. Our case puts forward an uncommon cause of this artifact and its method of correction, which also, has no mention in the existing literature.