Physics‐driven learning of x‐ray skin dose distribution in interventional procedures

Purpose Radiation doses accumulated during very complicated image‐guided x‐ray procedures have the potential to cause stochastic, but also deterministic effects, such as skin rashes or even hair loss. To monitor and reduce radiation‐related risks to patients’ skin, x‐ray imaging devices are equipped...

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description Purpose Radiation doses accumulated during very complicated image‐guided x‐ray procedures have the potential to cause stochastic, but also deterministic effects, such as skin rashes or even hair loss. To monitor and reduce radiation‐related risks to patients’ skin, x‐ray imaging devices are equipped with online air kerma monitoring components. Traditionally, such measurements have been used to estimate skin entrance dose by (a) estimating air kerma at the interventional reference point (IRP), (b) forward projecting the dose distribution, and (c) considering a backscatter factor among other correction factors. Unfortunately, the complicated interaction between incident x‐ray photons, secondary electrons, and skin tissue cannot be properly accounted for by assuming a linear relationship between forward projected air kerma and a backscatter factor. Gold standard skin dose models are therefore determined using Monte Carlo (MC) techniques. However, MC simulations are computationally complex in general and possible acceleration mainly depends on the employed hardware and variance reduction techniques. To obtain reliable and fast dose estimates, we propose to combine MC‐based simulations with learning‐based methods. Methods The basic idea of our method is to approximate the radiation physics to calculate a first‐order exposure estimate quickly. This initial estimate is then refined using prior knowledge derived from MC simulations. To this end, the primary photon propagation inside a voxelized patient model is estimated using a less accurate but fast photon ray casting (RC) simulation based on the Beer–Lambert law. The results of the RC simulation are then fed into a convolutional neural network (CNN), which maps the propagation of primary photons to the dose deposition inside the patient model. Additionally, the patient model itself including anatomy and material properties, such as mass density and mass energy‐absorption coefficients, are fed into the CNN as well. The CNN is trained using smoothed results of MC simulations as output and RC simulations of identical imaging settings and patient models as input. Results In total, 163 MC and associated RC simulations are carried out for the head, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis in three different voxel phantoms. We used 108 or 109 primarily emitted photons sampled from a 125 kV peak voltage spectrum, respectively. Edge‐preserving smoothing (EPS) is applied to reduce (a) general stochastic uncertainties and (b) stochast
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To monitor and reduce radiation‐related risks to patients’ skin, x‐ray imaging devices are equipped with online air kerma monitoring components. Traditionally, such measurements have been used to estimate skin entrance dose by (a) estimating air kerma at the interventional reference point (IRP), (b) forward projecting the dose distribution, and (c) considering a backscatter factor among other correction factors. Unfortunately, the complicated interaction between incident x‐ray photons, secondary electrons, and skin tissue cannot be properly accounted for by assuming a linear relationship between forward projected air kerma and a backscatter factor. Gold standard skin dose models are therefore determined using Monte Carlo (MC) techniques. However, MC simulations are computationally complex in general and possible acceleration mainly depends on the employed hardware and variance reduction techniques. To obtain reliable and fast dose estimates, we propose to combine MC‐based simulations with learning‐based methods. Methods The basic idea of our method is to approximate the radiation physics to calculate a first‐order exposure estimate quickly. This initial estimate is then refined using prior knowledge derived from MC simulations. To this end, the primary photon propagation inside a voxelized patient model is estimated using a less accurate but fast photon ray casting (RC) simulation based on the Beer–Lambert law. The results of the RC simulation are then fed into a convolutional neural network (CNN), which maps the propagation of primary photons to the dose deposition inside the patient model. Additionally, the patient model itself including anatomy and material properties, such as mass density and mass energy‐absorption coefficients, are fed into the CNN as well. 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Monte Carlo Method
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Radiation Dosage
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