Use of 3D adaptive raw-data filter in CT of the lung: Effect on radiation dose reduction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kubo, Takeshi ^a,b,g   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^c,g   Gautam, Shiva ^a,g   Lin, Pei Jan P ^a,g   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^d,e,g   Hatabu, Hiroto ^f,g   Takahashi, Masaya ^g   Nishino, Mizuki ^g   Sitek, Arkadiusz ^g   Takenaka, Daisuke ^g   Nogami, Munenobu ^g   Koyama, Hisanobu ^g   Ley Zaporozhan, Julia ^g   Stiller, Wolfram ^g   Ley, Sebastian ^g   Inokawa, Hiroyasu ^g   Okumura, Miwa ^g   Fujisawa, Yasuko ^g   Kura, Hiroyuki ^g   Rifu, Toshihiro ^g   Raptopoulos, Vassilios ^g   Sugimura, Kazuro ^g   more..

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Artifacts; Chest CT; Imaging filter; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 53249140708     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR/07.2630     Document Type: Article

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