Clinical radiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Combining low tube voltage and iterative reconstruction for contrast-enhanced CT imaging of the chest-initial clinical experience.
To evaluate the image quality of contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) with low tube voltage settings using an iterative reconstruction algorithm (iDose4) and standard dose filtered back projection (FBP) CT in patients with normal body mass index (BMI). ⋯ Compared with standard FBP reconstruction, the iDose4 iterative reconstruction yields higher SNR, CNR, and better image quality in contrast-enhanced chest CT with low tube voltage settings.