Computer-assisted scan protocol and reconstruction (CASPAR)reduction of image noise and patient dose

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 724-732

  Sperl, Jonathan ^a   Bequé, Dirk ^a   Claus, Bernhard ^a   De Man, Bruno ^a   Senzig, Bob ^b   Brokate, Martin ^c  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Covariance analysis; Dosimetry; Intensity modulation; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

3D VISUALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DOWN-SCALING; EFFICIENT ALGORITHM; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN BODIES; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE VARIANCE; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS; NOISE LIMIT; OPTIMAL TRADEOFFS; PATIENT DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INTENSITY; SPECIFIC INTENSITY; THIRD GENERATION; THORAX PHANTOM; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

X RAYS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749291751     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2034515     Document Type: Article

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