Comparisons of image quality and radiation dose between iterative reconstruction and filtered back projection reconstruction algorithms in 256-MDCT coronary angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 588-594

  Hou, Yang ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Xv, Shu ^a   Guo, Wenli ^a   Guo, Qiyong ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; CT; Filtered back projection; Image quality; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84865607400     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7557     Document Type: Article

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