Comparison of hybrid and pure iterative reconstruction techniques with conventional filtered back projection: Dose reduction potential in the abdomen

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-353

  Singh, Sarabjeet ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Do, Synho ^a   Thibault, Jean Baptiste ^b   Pien, Homer ^a   Connor, Owen O J ^a   Blake, Michael A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT image reconstruction; fully iterative reconstruction; radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION; FULLY ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGES RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84861487196     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31824e639e     Document Type: Article

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