Towards assessing the diagnostic influence of dose reduction in pediatric CT: A study based on simulated lung nodules

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6913, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Xiang, Li ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a   DeLong, David M ^a   Jones, Robert P ^a   Colsher, James G ^a   Frush, Donald P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose reduction; Equivalence test; MDCT; Nodule simulation; Noise simulation; Observer study; Pediatric; ROC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY;

DOSE REDUCTION; NODULE SIMULATION; OBSERVER STUDY;

DRUG DOSAGE;

EID: 43149114258     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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