Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction: Reducing dose while preserving image quality in the pediatric head CT examination

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 997-1003

  McKnight, Colin D ^a   Watcharotone, Kuanwong ^a   Ibrahim, Mohannad ^a   Christodoulou, Emmanuel ^a   Baer, Aaron H ^a   Parmar, Hemant A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography; Head; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DOSE INDEX; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84904992623     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-2943-y     Document Type: Article

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