Noise reduction approach in pediatric abdominal CT combining deep learning and dual-energy technique.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the image quality of low iodine concentration, dual-energy CT (DECT) combined with a deep learning-based noise reduction technique for pediatric abdominal CT, compared with standard iodine concentration single-energy polychromatic CT (SECT).

Authors

  • Seunghyun Lee
    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: seunghyun.lee.22@gmail.com.
  • Young Hun Choi
    Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea. iater@snu.ac.kr.
  • Yeon Jin Cho
  • Seul Bi Lee
    Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
  • Jung-Eun Cheon
    Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea.
  • Woo Sun Kim
    Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea.
  • Chul Kyun Ahn
    Department of Transdisciplinary Studies, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
  • Jong Hyo Kim
    Interdisciplinary Program of Radiation Applied Life Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine.