Low-dose CT of the lung: Potential value of iterative reconstructions

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2597-2606

  Baumueller, Stephan ^a   Winklehner, Anna ^a   Karlo, Christoph ^a   Goetti, Robert ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Russi, Erich W ^c   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a University Hospital Zurich Institut fur Diagnostische Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^b Siemens Medical Solutions   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image enhancement; Image reconstruction; Lung; Radiation dosage; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870380018     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2524-0     Document Type: Article

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