Influence of radiation dose and iterative reconstruction algorithms for measurement accuracy and reproducibility of pulmonary nodule volumetry: A phantom study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 848-857

  Kim, Hyungjin ^a   Park, Chang Min ^a,b   Song, Yong Sub ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^a,b  

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

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image processing; Lung neoplasms; Multidetector computed tomography; Pulmonary nodule; Radiation dosage; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG NODULE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY NODULE; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84897397870     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.01.025     Document Type: Article

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