Cranial CT with Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction: Improved Image Quality with Concomitant Radiation Dose Reduction
Rapalino O, Kamalian S, Kamalian S, Payabvash S, Souza LC, Zhang D, Mukta J, Sahani DV, Lev MH, Pomerantz SR. Cranial CT with Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction: Improved Image Quality with Concomitant Radiation Dose Reduction. American Journal Of Neuroradiology 2011, 33: 609-615. PMID: 22207302, PMCID: PMC8050448, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHead CTRadiation dose reductionAdult head CTBlinded qualitative analysisHigh-dose onesUse of ASIRCT radiation dose reductionASIR levelsHounsfield unit measurementsAdult patientsLow-dose scansBrain parenchymaCranial CTRoutine doseLow radiation dosesDose reductionCT scanLow-dose CT datasetAdaptive statistical iterative reconstructionPatient healthASIR reconstructionNormal GMsCTDose scansGM-WM differentiation