Low dose multi-detector CT of the chest (iLEAD Study): Visual ranking of different simulated mAs levels

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 428-433

  Ley Zaporozhan, Julia ^a,b   Ley, Sebastian ^a,b   Krummenauer, Frank ^c   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^d   Hatabu, Hiroto ^e   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Emphysema; Low dose; Lung; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

CHEST CT; DOSE LEVELS; HARD COPIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGING DOSE; LOW DOSE; LOW-DOSE CT; MULTI-DETECTORS; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; VISION; WINDOWS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76349091132     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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