Ultra Low Dose CT Pulmonary Angiography with Iterative Reconstruction.

Andreas P SauterThomas KoehlerAlexander A FingerleBernhard BrendelVivien RichterMichael RasperErnst J RummenyPeter B NoëlDaniela Münzel

Published in: PloS one (2016)

By using IMR for detection of PE, dose reduction for CTPA of up to 75% is possible while maintaining full diagnostic confidence. This would result in a mean effective dose of approximately 0.9 mSv for CTPA.

Keyphrases

low dose
image quality
computed tomography
dual energy
optical coherence tomography
pulmonary hypertension
high dose
high resolution
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
loop mediated isothermal amplification
label free
mass spectrometry
pet ct