Iterative reconstruction in head CT: Image quality of routine and low-dose protocols in comparison with standard filtered back-projection

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-224

  Korn, A ^a   Fenchel, M ^a   Bender, B ^a   Danz, S ^a   Hauser, T K ^a   Ketelsen, D ^a   Flohr, T ^b   Claussen, C D ^a   Heuschmid, M ^a   Ernemann, U ^a   Brodoefel, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857246260     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2749     Document Type: Article

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