Low dose computed tomography (LDCT)
New recommendation and coverage of low dose computed tomography for lung cancer screening: uptake has increased but is still low
... Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death for Americans [1]. The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) demonstrated that among individuals with a high risk of lung cancer, a 20% relative reduction in lung ...
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Use of low-dose computed tomography to assess pulmonary tuberculosis among healthcare workers in a tuberculosis hospital
... in low- and middle-income countries. Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is becoming more popular due to its superior sensitivity and lower radiation ...
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Pleural plaques in lung cancer screening by low-dose computed tomography: prevalence, association with lung cancer and mortality
... by low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has the main purpose of reducing lung cancer mortality in subjects that have several risk factors contrib- uting to increased risk of lung cancer ...
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Circulating microRNA signature as liquid-biopsy to monitor lung cancer in low-dose computed tomography screening
... In the last two decades, several lung cancer screening programs based on low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) were launched worldwide. A significant reduction in lung cancer mortality was ...
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LOCAT (low dose computed tomography for appendicitis trial) comparing clinical outcomes following low vs standard dose computed tomography as the first line imaging test in adolescents and young adults with suspected acute appendicitis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Background: Computed tomography is widely used to diagnose acute ...for low-dose computed tomography; however, this technique has not yet been widely ...(low-dose ...
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Effects of low-dose computed tomography on lung cancer screening: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis
... is low, well below the announced sample size calculation (10,000 subjects, 30% mortality reduction at 10 years) and pronounced imbalances in baseline characteristics in three important characteristics (sex, ...
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Low-dose computed tomography in assessment of pulmonary abnormalities in children with febrile neutropenia suffering from malignant diseases
... Objectives. The aim of the study was to define the role of LDCT examination in the early detection of pul- monary lesions in children during oncology or autoimmune treatment complicated by neutropenia-related fever. ...
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<p>Low-dose computed tomography of urolithiasis in obese patients: a feasibility study to evaluate image reconstruction algorithms</p>
... “ low-dose ” and “ standard-dose ” are not clearly de fi ned by the radiological societies and are used diversely in ...estimated dose reduction for a ULDCT scan relative to a SD CT is ...
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Diagnostic reliability of pediatric appendicitis score, ultrasound and low-dose computed tomography scan in children with suspected acute appendicitis
... overall low number of cases included and the even fewer cases that had US ...had low-dose CT examination performed, and we were not able to compare between low and ordinary dose CT in ...
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Technical and clinical analysis of ULDCT : Technical analysis and potential added clinical value of Ultra Low Dose Computed Tomography compared to chest X ray
... radiation dose for CT by using techniques such as automatic exposure ...radiation dose up to ...that low dose CT and Ultra-Low Dose CT (ULDCT) of the chest is feasible for ...
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Challenges and research opportunities for lung cancer screening in China
... conducting low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening among smokers, as evidenced by results from the United States (US) National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) in 2011 ...
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Quantitative Assessment of Air Trapping Using Inspiratory and Expiratory Low Dose Computed Tomography
... radiation dose reduction on the visual quantification of air trapping on expiratory CT ...radiation dose reduction on the quanti- fication of air trapping on expiratory ...
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Low dose computed tomography scan in paranasal sinusitis, is it sufficient?
... standard dose protocol and low dose protocol CT scan of paranasal sinuses in assessment of diagnostic image quality and important anatomical structures for all three ...
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Monitoring change in volume of calcifications in juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: a pilot study using low dose computed tomography
... the low DLP of this ...effective dose in this report. Due to the low radiosensitivity of extremities to radiation, it would be optimal if future clinical studies were to select calcifica- tions ...
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Mortality outcomes of low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer in urban China: a decision analysis and implications for practice
... with low-dose CT screening over chest X-ray screening ...for low-dose CT screening compared with no ...by low-dose CT screening could reduce lung cancer mortality in China and to ...
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A sinogram denoising algorithm for low-dose computed tomography
... Sinogram denoising can be a very effective approach to improving the quality of low-dose CT images. In this paper, we presented a fast and efficient method for denoising of low-dose CT ...
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Low Dose Unenhanced Computed Tomography with Iterative Reconstruction for Diagnosis of Ureter Stones
... LDCT-IR, low-dose computed tomography with iterative reconstruction technique; SDCT, standard-dose unenhanced computed tomog- ...
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Influence of the Display Field of View in Low-dose Computed Tomography on Airway Measurements
... of low dose at a DFOV <150 ...as low as possi- ble because the CT scan is repeatedly performed for ...as low as ...in low absorbed radiation doses. Er- rors at low radiation ...
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Comparative biodistribution analysis across four different 89Zr-monoclonal antibody tracers—The first step towards an imaging warehouse
... a low-dose computed tomography (LD CT) and the tracer had to be complemented with the previously determined optimal unlabeled imaging protein dose (100 mg lumretuzumab, 50 mg ...
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Lung cancer screening: from imaging to biomarker
... cytology, computed tomography (CT), fluorescence endoscopy and low-dose spiral CT (LDCT) has not improved survival except for the recent report in 2010 by the National Lung Screening Trial ...
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