Ultra-low-dose CT of the thorax using iterative reconstruction: Evaluation of image quality and radiation dose reduction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1197-1202

  Kim, Yookyung ^a   Kim, Yoon Kyung ^b   Lee, Bo Eun ^a   Lee, Seok Jeong ^c   Ryu, Yon Ju ^c   Lee, Jin Hwa ^c   Chang, Jung Hyun ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest; CT; Iterative reconstruction; Low dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE LENGTH PRODUCT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE INDEX; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SINOGRAM AFFIRMED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937694172     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13629     Document Type: Article

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