Validation of CT dose-reduction simulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-189

  Massoumzadeh, Parinaz ^a   Don, Steven ^a   Hildebolt, Charles F ^a   Bae, Kyongtae T ^a,b   Whiting, Bruce R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowtie filter; Computed tomography; CT; Dose reduction; Four alternative forced choice (4AFC); Just noticeable difference (JND); Noise modeling; Observer study; Tube current modulation

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE; BOWTIE FILTERS; DOSE REDUCTION; JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE; NOISE MODELING; OBSERVER STUDIES; TUBE CURRENT MODULATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 58149136841     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3031114     Document Type: Article

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