Assessment of a model-based, iterative reconstruction algorithm (MBIR) regarding image quality and dose reduction in liver computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 598-606

  Chang, Won ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Lee, Kyunghee ^a   Yoon, Jeong Hee ^a   Yu, Mi Hye ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contrast to noise ratio; Dose reduction; Half dose CT radiation; Lesion detection; Liver CT; Model based iterative reconstruction algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; NOISE REDUCTION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGIST; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84880323791     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182899104     Document Type: Article

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