Improvement of Low-Contrast Detectability in Low-Dose Hepatic Multidetector Computed Tomography Using a Novel Adaptive Filter

Autor: Funama, Yoshinori, Awai, Kazuo, Miyazaki, Osamu, Nakayama, Yoshiharu, Goto, Taiga, Omi, Yasuo, Shimonobo, Toshiaki, Liu, Duo, Yamashita, Yasuyuki, Hori, Shinichi
Zdroj: Investigative Radiology; January 2006, Vol. 41 Issue: 1 p1-7, 7p
Abstrakt: The purpose of this study was to investigate how much radiation dose can be reduced without loss of low-contrast detectability with a newly developed adaptive noise reduction filter in hepatic multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scans by using a computer-simulated liver phantom.
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