Characterization of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction algorithm for dose reduction in CT: A pediatric oncology perspective

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5520-5531

  Brady, S L ^a   Yee, B S ^a   Kaufman, R A ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ASiR ; CT; CT image quality; iterative reconstruction; patient dose reduction

Indexed keywords

IMAGE DENOISING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MODULATION; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TEXTURES;

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGIES; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; CT IMAGE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT DOSE; TUBE CURRENT MODULATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866073350     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4745563     Document Type: Article

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