Chest computed tomography using iterative reconstruction vs filtered back projection (Part 2): Image quality of low-dose CT examinations in 80 patients

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 636-643

  Pontana, François ^a   Duhamel, Alain ^a   Pagniez, Julien ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Faivre, Jean Baptiste ^a   Hachulla, Anne Lise ^a   Remy, Jacques ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Siemens Healthcare ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest; CT; Image quality; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENETIX 350;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79751526184     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1991-4     Document Type: Article

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