Computer-simulation technique for low dose computed tomographic screening

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 955-961

  Hanai, Kouzou ^a,g   Horiuchi, Tetsuya ^b   Sekiguchi, Junko ^b   Muramatsu, Yoshihisa ^c   Kakinuma, Ryutaro ^d   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^d   Tuchiiya, Ryosuke ^e   Niki, Noboru ^f  

^a Kanagawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^d Research Center for Cancer Screening and Prevention   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^g National Hospital Organization Tochigi Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image quality; Low dose computed tomographic screening; Lung cancer; Tube current; Virtual nodule

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CURRENT SIMULATION; LOW DOSE; LOW-DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC SCREENING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TUBE CURRENTS; VIRTUAL NODULE;

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC);

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG NODULE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCREENING; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 33750682728     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000230011.16468.0e     Document Type: Article

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