Performance of iterative image reconstruction in CT of the paranasal sinuses: A phantom study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1072-1076

  Schulz, Boris ^a   Beeres, M ^a   Bodelle, B ^a   Bauer, R ^a   Al Butmeh, F ^a   Thalhammer, A ^a   Vogl, T J ^a   Kerl, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KERNEL METHOD; NOISE REDUCTION; PARANASAL SINUS; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOFT TISSUE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878499351     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3339     Document Type: Article

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