The reduction of image noise and streak artifact in the thoracic inlet during low dose and ultra-low dose thoracic CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1363-1380

  Paul, N S ^a   Blobel, J ^b   Prezelj, E ^a   Burey, P ^a   Ursani, A ^c   Menezes, R J ^a   Kashani, H ^d   Siewerdsen, J H ^e  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Toshiba Medical Systems Europe BV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CT IMAGE; DATA POINTS; DE-NOISING; GROUP 4; IMAGE NOISE; LOW DOSE; PIXEL NOISE; PROCESSING SOFTWARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; STREAK ARTIFACTS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; THORACIC CT;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PIXELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76849115619     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/5/007     Document Type: Article

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