Image quality assessment of ultra low-dose chest CT using sinogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 817-826

  Lee, So Won ^a   Kim, Yookyung ^a,b   Shim, Sung Shine ^a   Lee, Jeong Kyong ^a   Lee, Seok Jeong ^a   Ryu, Yon Ju ^a   Chang, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

BONOREX 350; IOHEXOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REDUCED DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRA LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896319309     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3090-9     Document Type: Article

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