Vascular diameter measurement in ct angiography: Comparison of model-based iterative reconstruction and standard filtered back projection algorithms in vitro

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 652-657

  Suzuki, Shigeru ^a,b   Machida, Haruhiko ^b   Tanaka, Isao ^b   Ueno, Eiko ^b  

^a SAITAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Diameter measurement; Experimental studies; Iterative reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HU 275; HU 396; HU 542; IOHEXOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING PHANTOM; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876062454     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8689     Document Type: Article

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