Optimization of hybrid iterative reconstruction level in pediatric body CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 426-431

  Karmazyn, Boaz ^a   Liang, Yun ^a   Ai, Huisi ^a   Eckert, George J ^a   Cohen, Mervyn D ^a   Wanner, Matthew R ^a   Jennings, S Gregory ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALARA; CT; Iterative reconstruction; Noise level; Pediatric imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; HYBRID ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84892746588     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.10721     Document Type: Article

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