Is it possible to use low-dose deep learning reconstruction for the detection of liver metastases on CT routinely?

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare the image quality and hepatic metastasis detection of low-dose deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) with full-dose filtered back projection (FBP)/iterative reconstruction (IR).

Authors

  • Peijie Lyu
    Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China; Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: lvpeijie2@163.com.
  • Nana Liu
    Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No.1 East Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan Province, China.
  • Brian Harrawood
    Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
  • Justin Solomon
    Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
  • Huixia Wang
    Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No.1 East Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan Province, China.
  • Yan Chen
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
  • Francesca Rigiroli
    Università degli Studi di Milano, Scuola di specializzazione di Radiodiagnostica, Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan, Italy.
  • Yuqin Ding
    Duke University Health System, Department of Radiology, 2301 Erwin Road, Box 3808, Durham, NC, 27710, United States; Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, 200032, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: yuqin.ding@duke.edu.
  • Fides Regina Schwartz
    University of Basel, University Hospital Basel, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Clinic, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Hanyu Jiang
    Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Carolyn Lowry
    Duke Imaging Services Cary Parkway, Duke University Health System, INC, 3700 NW Cary Parkway Suite120, Cary, NC, USA.
  • Luotong Wang
    CT Imaging Research Center, GE Healthcare China, No.1 Tongji South Road, Beijing, 100176, China.
  • Ehsan Samei
    Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
  • Jianbo Gao
    Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1, East Jianshe Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China. gaojianbo_cancer@163.com.
  • Daniele Marin
    Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.