Systematic error in lung nodule volumetry: Effect of iterative reconstruction versus filtered back projection at different CT parameters

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1241-1246

  Willemink, Martin J ^a   Leiner, Tim ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^a,b   De Kort, Freek P L ^a   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^c   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^c   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   De Jong, Pim A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT; Filtered back projection; Iterative reconstruction; Pulmonary nodule; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870947386     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8727     Document Type: Article

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