Iterative reconstruction of pulmonary MDCT angiography: Effect on image quality, effective dose and estimated organ dose to the breast

Abstract

To compare the image characteristics, effective dose and estimated organ dose to the female breast in pulmonary MDCT angiography (MDCTA), reconstructed with either standard filtered back projection (FBP), or iterative reconstruction im image space . (IRIS)

Keywords

• multidetector computed tomography
• pulmonary embolism
• image reconstruction
• iterative