Reducing iodine load in hepatic CT for patients with chronic liver disease with a combination of low-tube-voltage and adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-18

  Noda, Yoshifumi ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a   Kawada, Hiroshi ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a   Tanahashi, Yukichi ^a   Miyoshi, Toshiharu R T ^a   Bae, Kyongtae T ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction technique; Computed tomography; Contrast material; Liver; Low tube voltage

Indexed keywords

IODINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOW TUBE VOLTAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84916917453     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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