Open AccessEffects of radiation dose levels and spectral iterative reconstruction levels on the accuracy of iodine quantification and virtual monochromatic CT numbers in dual-layer spectral detector CT: an iodine phantom study
Author(s) -
Xiaomei Lü,
Zaiming Lu,
Jiandong Yin,
Yuying Gao,
Xingbiao Chen,
Qiyong Guo
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.2018.11.12
Subject(s) - iodine , imaging phantom , nuclear medicine , monochromatic color , scanner , spectral imaging , dual layer , medicine , radiation , materials science , effective dose (radiation) , physics , optics , layer (electronics) , metallurgy , composite material
The purpose of this study is to investigate the accuracy of iodine quantification and virtual monochromatic CT numbers obtained with the dual-layer spectral CT (DLCT) using a phantom at different radiation dose levels and spectral iterative reconstruction (IR) levels.