Radiation dose reduction with the adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) technique for chest CT in children: An intra-individual comparison

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Myung Joon ^a   Yoon, Choon Sik ^b   Lee, Mi Jung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction; CT; Image quality; Radiation dose; Reconstruction algorithm

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; IOPAMIDOL; RADISENSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AORTA; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACK MUSCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT T TEST; THORAX EXAMINATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864656284     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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