Cranial CT with adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction: Improved image quality with concomitant radiation dose reduction

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-615

  Rapalino, Otto ^a   Kamalian, Shervin ^a   Kamalian, Shahmir ^a   Payabvash, S ^a   Souza, L C S ^a   Zhang, D ^a   Mukta, J ^b   Sahani, D V ^a   Lev, M H ^a   Pomerantz, S R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860241813     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2826     Document Type: Article

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