Potential for dose reduction in CT emphysema densitometry with post-scan noise reduction: a phantom study.

Hendrik Joost WisselinkGert Jan PelgrimMieneke RookMaarten van den BergeKees SlumpYeshu NagarajPeter van OoijenMatthijs OudkerkRozemarijn Vliegenthart

Published in: The British journal of radiology (2019)

Noise suppression software, IR, and soft reconstruction kernels allow radiation dose reduction by 85% while still allowing differentiation between emphysema and normal lung tissue.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
dual energy
air pollution
lung function
image quality
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
pulmonary fibrosis
cystic fibrosis
magnetic resonance
human health