Task-based image quality evaluation of iterative reconstruction methods for low dose CT using computer simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2881-2901

  Xu, Jingyan ^a   Fuld, Matthew K ^b   Fung, George S K ^a   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

area under the curve (AUC); channelized Hotelling observer; iterative reconstruction (IR); radiation dose reduction; receiver operating characteristic (ROC); task based image quality evaluation; x ray CT

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; CHANNELIZED HOTELLING OBSERVERS; IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925653723     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/7/2881     Document Type: Article

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