Relating Noise to image quality indicators in CT examinations with tube current modulation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 592-600

  Solomon, Justin B ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a  

^a Duke Medical Physics Graduate Program   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Noise; Noise index; Reference tube current; Tube current modulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGING PHANTOM; KERNEL METHOD; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876017586     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8580     Document Type: Article

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