Impact of iterative reconstruction on image quality and radiation dose in multidetector CT of large body size adults

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1631-1640

  Desai, Gaurav S ^a   Uppot, Raul N ^a   Yu, Elaine W ^a   Kambadakone, Avinash R ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image quality; Iterative reconstruction; Obesity Introduction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; DIATRIZOATE; IOPAMIDOL; READI CAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; OBESITY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864693212     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2424-3     Document Type: Review

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