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Background - For dose reduction actions, the principle of “image quality as good as possible” to “image quality as good as needed” requires to know whether the physical measures and visual image quality relate. Visual evaluation and objective physical measures of image quality can appear to be different. If there is no noticeable effect on the visual image quality with a low dose but there is a objective physical measure impact, then the overall dose may be reduced without compromising the diagnostic image quality. Low dose imaging can be used for certain types of observations, e.g. thoracic scoliosis, control after metal implantation for osteosynthesis, reviewing pneumonia and tuberculosis. Aim of the study - To determine whether physical measures of noise predict visual (clinical) image quality at low dose levels.
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Radiology Clinical image quality Dosimetry Low dose levels
Citation
Lança L, Andersen EN, Carvalho G, van Gerwen M, Jorge J, Kleiker M, et al. Are physical measures good indicators of clinical image quality at low dose levels? A pilot study. ECR 2016 – European Congress of Radiology, Vienna (Austria), 2-6 March 2016.