Multislice CT of the pelvis: Dose reduction with regard to image quality using 16-row CT

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1898-1905

  Gurung, Jessen ^a   Khan, M Fawad ^a   Maataoui, Adel ^a   Herzog, C ^a   Bux, R ^a   Bratzke, H ^a   Ackermann, Hanns ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16 row MDCT; Dose reduction; Image quality; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORTICAL BONE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; SACROILIAC JOINT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; X RAY FILM;

ACETABULUM; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CADAVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIC BONES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24044456338     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2720-2     Document Type: Article

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