2014
Dose reduction in pediatric abdominal CT: use of iterative reconstruction techniques across different CT platforms
Khawaja R, Singh S, Otrakji A, Padole A, Lim R, Nimkin K, Westra S, Kalra M, Gee M. Dose reduction in pediatric abdominal CT: use of iterative reconstruction techniques across different CT platforms. Pediatric Radiology 2014, 45: 1046-1055. PMID: 25427434, DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3235-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIterative reconstruction techniqueSinogram-affirmed iterative reconstructionAdaptive statistical iterative reconstructionModel-based iterative reconstructionPediatric abdominal CTDose reductionIterative reconstructionAbdominal CTAdaptive iterative dose reductionMagnitude of dose reductionIncreased image noiseStatistical iterative reconstructionAIDR 3DReconstruction techniqueCT examinationsCT scanImage noiseReconstruction algorithmClinical settingDosing potentialClinical applicationImage qualityRadiology communityReconstruction principleImage interpretation
2013
Simultaneous 99mTc‐MDP/123I‐MIBG tumor imaging using SPECT‐CT: Phantom and constructed patient studies
Rakvongthai Y, Fakhri G, Lim R, Bonab A, Ouyang J. Simultaneous 99mTc‐MDP/123I‐MIBG tumor imaging using SPECT‐CT: Phantom and constructed patient studies. Medical Physics 2013, 40: 102506. PMID: 24089927, PMCID: PMC3785531, DOI: 10.1118/1.4820977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScatter correctionDual-radionuclideContrast recoveryPhantom studyAnthropomorphic torso phantomPatient studiesTumor uptakeTumor imagingSPECT projectionsTorso phantomMonte-CarloPhantom dataPhantomIterative reconstructionOSEMProjection dataDR dataIncrease patient throughputNoise realizationsSPECT-CTImage reconstructionClinical studiesTumorTumor projectionPoisson noise