Low-dose, wide-detector array thoracic aortic CT angiography using an iterative reconstruction technique results in improved image quality with lower noise and fewer artifacts

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-213

  Rajiah, Prabhakar ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Mehta, Dhruv ^b   Ivanc, Thomas ^b   Lieber, Michael ^a   Soufan, Kassem ^a   Desai, Milind ^a   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Halliburton, Sandra ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Aorta; Artifacts; CT; Iterative reconstruction; Subclavian

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862008837     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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