Open AccessLung nodules assessment in ultra-low-dose CT with iterative reconstruction compared to conventional dose CT
Author(s) -
Shiqi Jin,
Bo Zhang,
Lina Zhang,
Li Shu,
Songbai Li,
Hao Wang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2018.06.05
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , nuclear medicine , nodule (geology) , intraclass correlation , lung , reproducibility , radiology , tomography , mathematics , pathology , paleontology , clinical psychology , statistics , biology , psychometrics
To retrospectively assess whether the low-voltage lung CT scan coupled with iterative reconstruction algorithms can be an optimal scanning method for measuring the size and density of lung nodules in cancer patients.