Prospective intra-individual comparison of standard dose versus reduced-dose thoracic CT using hybrid and pure iterative reconstruction in a follow-up cohort of pulmonary nodules—Effect of detectability of pulmonary nodules with lowering dose based on nodule size, type and body mass index

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 130-141

  Vardhanabhuti, Varut ^a,b   Pang, Chun Lap ^a,c   Tenant, Sean ^c   Taylor, James ^c   Hyde, Christopher ^d   Roobottom, Carl ^a,c  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Iterative reconstruction; Low dose CT; Lung nodule; Thorax CT

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL RECONSTRUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; NODULE SIZE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERED BACK PROJECTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG TUMOR; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85018517418     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.04.006     Document Type: Article

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