Combination of a low-tube-voltage technique with hybrid iterative reconstruction (iDose) algorithm at coronary computed tomographic angiography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 480-485

  Funama, Yoshinori ^a   Taguchi, Katsuyuki ^b   Utsunomiya, Daisuke ^c   Oda, Seitaro ^c   Yanaga, Yumi ^c   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^c   Awai, Kazuo ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

computed tomographic coronary angiography; filtered backprojection; Hybrid iterative reconstruction; low tube voltage technique; radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION; HYBRID ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW-TUBE-VOLTAGE TECHNIQUE; PERFORMANCE; TUBE VOLTAGES;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTERED BACKPROJECTION; HYBRID ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 80051517687     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31821fee94     Document Type: Article

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