Raw data-based iterative reconstruction in body CTA: Evaluation of radiation dose saving potential

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2521-2526

  Winklehner, Anna ^a   Karlo, Christoph ^a   Puippe, Gilbert ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Goetti, Robert ^a   Pfammatter, Thomas ^a   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Image quality; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose; Raw data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RAW DATA BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83555174941     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2227-y     Document Type: Article

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