Dose reduction in pediatric abdominal CT: use of iterative reconstruction techniques across different CT platforms

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1046-1055

  Khawaja, Ranish Deedar Ali ^a   Singh, Sarabjeet ^a   Otrakji, Alexi ^a   Padole, Atul ^a   Lim, Ruth ^a   Nimkin, Katherine ^a   Westra, Sjirk ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Gee, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ALARA; Computed tomography; Dose reduction; Iterative reconstruction technique; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; REVIEW; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84933678845     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3235-2     Document Type: Review

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