Adaptive iterative dose reduction algorithm in CT: Effect on image quality compared with filtered back projection in body phantoms of different sizes

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-204

  Kim, Milim ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^b,c   Yoon, Jeong Hee ^b   Son, Hyoshin ^a   Choi, Jin Woo ^b   Han, Joon Koo ^b,c   Choi, Byung Ihn ^b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive iterative dose reduction; Body sizes; CT; Phantom study

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; HUMAN; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MILD RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; NOISE REDUCTION; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; STRONG RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADAPTIVE ITERATIVE DOSE REDUCTION; BODY SIZES; CT, PHANTOM STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896309343     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2014.15.2.195     Document Type: Article

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