Chest computed tomography using iterative reconstruction vs filtered back projection (Part 1): Evaluation of image noise reduction in 32 patients

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 627-635

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

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Siemens Medical Solutions   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENETIX 350;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; 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: 79751534189     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1990-5     Document Type: Article

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