Low-dose computed tomographic urography using adaptive iterative dose reduction 3-dimensional: Comparison with routine-dose computed tomography with filtered back projection

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 426-431

  Juri, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuki, Mitsuru ^b   Inada, Yuki ^a   Tsuboyama, Takahiro ^a   Kumano, Seishi ^a   Azuma, Haruhito ^a   Narumi, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT urography; dose reduction; image quality; iterative reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

3-DIMENSIONAL; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; DOSE REDUCTION; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW DOSE; UROGRAPHY;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROPERITONEAL FAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL TRACT RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878826478     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182830aa9     Document Type: Article

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