Reduction in radiation and contrast medium dose via optimization of low-kilovoltage CT protocols using a hybrid iterative reconstruction algorithm at 256-slice body CT: Phantom study and clinical correlation

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Itatani, R ^a   Oda, S ^a   Utsunomiya, D ^a   Funama, Y ^a   Honda, K ^b   Katahira, K ^b   Morishita, S ^b   Yamamura, S ^a   Namimoto, T ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYBRID ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873104468     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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