Open AccessMaximizing Iodine Contrast-to-Noise Ratios in Abdominal CT Imaging through Use of Energy Domain Noise Reduction and Virtual Monoenergetic Dual-Energy CT
Author(s) -
Shuai Leng,
Lifeng Yu,
Joel G. Fletcher
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118
H-Index - 295
eISSN - 1527-1315
pISSN - 0033-8419
DOI - 10.1148/radiol.2015140857
Subject(s) - scanner , noise (video) , imaging phantom , medicine , image noise , nuclear medicine , noise reduction , energy (signal processing) , abdominal computed tomography , physics , radiology , optics , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics) , acoustics , quantum mechanics
To determine the iodine contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) for abdominal computed tomography (CT) when using energy domain noise reduction and virtual monoenergetic dual-energy (DE) CT images and to compare the CNR to that attained with single-energy CT at 80, 100, 120, and 140 kV.