Iterative reconstruction methods in two different MDCT scanners: Physical metrics and 4-alternative forced-choice detectability experiments - A phantom approach

Physica Medica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-110

  Miéville, Frédéric A ^a   Gudinchet, François ^a   Brunelle, Francis ^b   Bochud, François O ^a   Verdun, Francis R ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

4AFC; ASIR; IDose4; Iterative reconstruction; MDCT; MTF; NPS; VEO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CT NUMBER ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; FOUR ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD DEVIATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871759658     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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