Dose reduction in computed tomography of the chest: Image quality of iterative reconstructions at a 50% radiation dose compared to filtered back projection at a 100% radiation dose

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 576-584

  May, M S ^a   Eller, A ^a   Stahl, C ^a   Wuest, W ^a   Scharf, M ^a   Hammon, M ^a   Dankerl, P ^a   Schlechtweg, P M ^a   Allmendinger, T ^b   Sedlmair, M ^b   Schmidt, B ^b   Uder, M ^a   Lell, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; image manipulation reconstruction; technical aspects; thorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS; CAVA VEIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84901491920     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1356254     Document Type: Article

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