Investigation of radiology professionals’ awareness of CT head artifacts
A cross-sectional survey study included 150 participants. All participants' average knowledge score of CT head artifact was good (77.81%). The most correctly identified CT head artifacts were the metal artifact (86%), ring artifact (84.7%), and motion artifact (81.3%). The beam hardening artifact was correctly identified less frequently (62%). There is significant difference in the recognition of motion artifacts among the participants (P = 0.001) knowledge of CT head image artifacts improved significantly with more experienced participants (P = 0.001), where participants with less than 10 months of experience had a higher rate of incorrect responses (85 incorrect vs. 31 correct). The recognition of these artifacts improves with experience and advanced age. Understanding these artifacts is essential to avoid misdiagnosis of various diseases.
Authors
- Awadia Gareeballah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7320-2795)
- Amel F Alzain
- Maisa Elzaki
- Awatif Omer
- Maher M. Aljohani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4347-8421)
- Abdullah Fahad A. Alshamrani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5039-8094)
- Ahmed Alenezi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5578-3119)
- Erizal Mukhtar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3451-7641)
- Moawia Bushra Gameraddin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5745-0809)
- Abdulaziz A. Qurashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-4293)
- Abdalrahim Tagelsir Elsayed
- Renad Albadrani
- Osama Ahmed Alasiri
- Omar Adel Almutairi
Institutions
- Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital (SA)
- Alzaiem Alazhari University (SD)
- Taibah University (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA)
- Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital (SA)
- King Khalid University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Research Notes
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07300-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.67