Dual-energy computed tomography: Is there a penalty in image quality and radiation dose compared with single-energy computed tomography?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-315

  Thomas, Christoph ^a   Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Tsiflikas, Ilias ^a   Reimann, Anja ^a   Brodoefel, Harald ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composition factor; Dose; Dual energy CT; Image quality; Mixed images; Phantom; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IODINE; PHANTOMS;

COMPOSITION FACTOR; COMPOSITION RATIO; CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO; DOSE; DUAL-ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY CT; ENERGY; FIELD OF VIEWS; MIXED IMAGE; PHANTOMS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950344893     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181c9b9ff     Document Type: Article

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