CT Metal Artifact Reduction in the Spine: Can an Iterative Reconstruction Technique Improve Visualization?

Ahmed F HalaweishG J MichalakD R DeLoneF E DiehnK GrantA F HalaweishA KraussR RaupachB SchmidtC H McColloughJ G Fletcher

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2015)

Iterative metal artifact reduction improves visualization of critical soft-tissue structures in patients with spinal hardware. Routine generation of these images in addition to routine weighted filtered back-projection is recommended.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
soft tissue
clinical practice
contrast enhanced
deep learning
magnetic resonance
spinal cord
high resolution
convolutional neural network
network analysis
spinal cord injury
positron emission tomography
electron microscopy
machine learning
pet ct