Application of adaptive non-linear 2D and 3D postprocessing filters for reduced dose abdominal CT

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-342

  Borgen, Lars ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^b   Lærum, Frode ^c   Hachette, Isabelle W ^d   Fredriksson, Carina H ^d   Sandborg, Michael ^e,f   Smedby, Örjan ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ContextVision AB ^*  (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdomen GI; Adults; Computer applications; CT; Pancreas; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN/GI; ADULTS; CT; PANCREAS; RADIATION SAFETY;

ADAPTIVE FILTERS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860144288     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110563     Document Type: Article

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