Chest CT in patients after lung transplantation: A retrospective analysis to evaluate impact on image quality and radiation dose using spectral filtration tin-filtered imaging.
Alexander WressneggerHelmut ProschBernhard MoserWalter KlepetkoPeter JakschChristopher LambersKonrad HoetzeneckerChristian SchestakAlbert De BettigniesLucian BeerGeorg ApfaltrerHelmut RinglPaul ApfaltrerPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Combined use of 150kVp tin-filtered chest CT protocol with ADMIRE allows for significant dose reduction while maintaining highly diagnostic image quality in the follow up after lung transplantation when compared to a standard chest CT protocol using filtered back projection.
Keyphrases
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- end stage renal disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- ejection fraction
- high resolution
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- optical coherence tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- oxide nanoparticles
- patient reported
- pet ct