Evaluation of image qualityand radiation dose by adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction technique level for chestct examination

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-171

  Hong, Sun Suk ^a,b   Lee, Jong Woong ^c   Seo, Jeong Beom ^d   Jung, Jae Eun ^e   Choi, Jiwon ^f   Kweon, Dae Cheol ^g  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Daegu Health College   (South Korea)

^f Jeonju University   (South Korea)

^g Shinhan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887107593     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct127     Document Type: Article

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