Radiation Dose Reduction for 80-kVp Pediatric CT Using Deep Learning–Based Reconstruction: A Clinical and Phantom Study
Yasunori Nagayama, Makoto Goto, Daisuke Sakabe, Takafumi Emoto, Shinsuke Shigematsu, Seitaro Oda, Shota Tanoue, Masafumi Kidoh, Takeshi Nakaura, Yoshinori Funama, Ryutaro Uchimura, Sentaro Takada, Hidetaka Hayashi, Masahiro Hatemura, Toshinori Hirai
Abstract
Use of DLR at 80 kVp allows greater dose reduction for pediatric CT than do current IR techniques.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineImaging phantomImage qualityNuclear medicineIterative reconstructionStreakRadiation doseImage noiseEffective dose (radiation)RadiologyNoise (video)TomographySignal-to-noise ratio (imaging)Reduction (mathematics)Contrast-to-noise ratioComputed tomographyImage processingRadiographyRadiation exposureRadiation therapyNoise reductionFluoroscopyImage-guided radiation therapyRadiation Dose and ImagingAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingDigital Radiography and Breast Imaging