Low-dose CT with automatic tube current modulation, adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction, and low tube voltage for the diagnosis of renal colic: Impact of body mass index

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 553-560

  Gervaise, Alban ^a   Naulet, Pierre ^a   Beuret, Florence ^a   Henry, Christelle ^b   Pernin, Matthieu ^a   Portron, Yann ^a   Lapierre Combes, Marie ^a  

^a Department of Medical Imaging   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass index; CT; Iterative reconstruction; MDCT; Radiation dose; Renal colic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY COLIC; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RENAL COLIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896714382     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11350     Document Type: Article

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