Radiation dose reduction of chest CT with iterative reconstruction in image space - Part I: Studies on image quality using dual source CT

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 711-719

  Hwang, Hye Jeon ^a   Seo, Joon Beom ^a   Lee, Jin Seong ^a   Song, Jae Woo ^a   Kim, Song Soo ^b   Lee, Hyun Joo ^a   Lim, Chae Hun ^a,c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Image quality; Iterative reconstruction in image space; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE LENGTH PRODUCT; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FULL DOSE FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; FULL DOSE ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION IN IMAGE SPACE; HALF DOSE FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HALF DOSE ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION IN IMAGE SPACE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION IN IMAGE SPACE; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NOISE REDUCTION; OBJECTIVE IMAGE NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SHARPNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868319541     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2012.13.6.711     Document Type: Article

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