Improved repeatability of subsolid nodule measurement in low-dose lung screening with monoenergetic images: a phantom study
Author(s) -
Jihang Kim,
Kyung Hee Lee,
Jung-Hoon Kim,
Yoon Joo Shin,
Kyung Won Lee
Publication year - 2019
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.2018.10.06
Subject(s) - repeatability , imaging phantom , nuclear medicine , national lung screening trial , dual energy , nodule (geology) , materials science , medicine , lung cancer screening , computed tomography , radiology , mathematics , paleontology , bone mineral , statistics , osteoporosis , endocrinology , biology
To investigate whether monoenergetic images captured with dual-layer spectral computed tomography (CT) can improve the repeatability of subsolid nodule measurement, and whether this approach can further reduce the radiation dose of CT while maintaining its measurement repeatability.
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