Lowering the dose in head CT using adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction

K Kilic, G Erbas, M Guryildirim, M Arac… - American journal …, 2011 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: While CT has found wide use in medical practice, it is also
a substantial source of radiation exposure and is associated with an increased lifetime risk …

Cranial CT with adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction: improved image quality with concomitant radiation dose reduction

O Rapalino, S Kamalian, S Kamalian… - American journal …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To safeguard patient health, there is great interest in CT
radiation-dose reduction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of an iterative …

Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction reduces patient radiation dose in neuroradiology CT studies

P Komlosi, Y Zhang, C Leiva-Salinas, D Ornan… - Neuroradiology, 2014 - Springer
Introduction Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) can decrease image noise,
thereby generating CT images of comparable diagnostic quality with less radiation. The …

The use of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction in pediatric head CT: a feasibility study

GA Vorona, G Zuccoli, T Sutcavage… - American Journal …, 2013 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Iterative reconstruction techniques facilitate CT dose
reduction; though to our knowledge, no group has explored using iterative reconstruction …

Image quality of iterative reconstruction in cranial CT imaging: comparison of model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) and adaptive statistical iterative …

S Notohamiprodjo, Z Deak, F Meurer, F Maertz… - European …, 2015 - Springer
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare cranial CT (CCT) image quality (IQ) of
the MBIR algorithm with standard iterative reconstruction (ASiR). Methods In this institutional …

Comparison of adaptive statistical iterative and filtered back projection reconstruction techniques in brain CT

Q Ren, SK Dewan, M Li, J Li, D Mao, Z Wang… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare image quality and visualization of normal structures and lesions in
brain computed tomography (CT) with adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) and …

Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction: reducing dose while preserving image quality in the pediatric head CT examination

CD McKnight, K Watcharotone, M Ibrahim… - Pediatric …, 2014 - Springer
Background Over the last decade there has been escalating concern regarding the
increasing radiation exposure stemming from CT exams, particularly in children. Adaptive …

Radiation dose reduction in temporal bone CT with iterative reconstruction technique

YT Niu, D Mehta, ZR Zhang… - American journal …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Iterative reconstruction of CT images is characterized by
reduced image noise and may allow reduction in radiation exposure. We investigated the …

Iterative reconstruction in head CT: image quality of routine and low-dose protocols in comparison with standard filtered back-projection

A Korn, M Fenchel, B Bender, S Danz… - American journal …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: IR has recently demonstrated its capacity to reduce noise
and permit dose reduction in abdominal and thoracic CT applications. The purpose of our …

Sinogram affirmed iterative reconstruction in head CT: improvement of objective and subjective image quality with concomitant radiation dose reduction

A Korn, B Bender, M Fenchel, D Spira… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose Iterative reconstruction has recently been revisited as a promising concept for
substantial CT dose reduction. The purpose of this study was to assess the potential benefit …