CT of the chest with model-based, fully iterative reconstruction: comparison with adaptive statistical iterative

Yasutaka Ichikawa1, Kakuya Kitagawa, Naoki Nagasawa

  • 1Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. kakuya@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.

BMC Medical Imaging
|August 10, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) significantly reduces image noise in low-dose chest CT scans. This advanced technique offers diagnostic image quality comparable to standard-dose scans, improving lesion detection.