ArticleThe British journal of radiology2017
Diagnostic usefulness of low-dose lumbar multi-detector CT with iterative reconstruction in trauma patients: acomparison with standard-dose CT.
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- Computed Tomography of the Spine : Systematic Review on Acquisition and Reconstruction Techniques to Reduce Radiation Dose.Clinical neuroradiology · 2023Pooled it
- Computed tomography with low-dose radiation versus standard-dose radiation for diagnosing fractures: systematic review and meta-analysis.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicinaPooled it
- Bone-modifying therapy in multiple myeloma: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Impact of radiation dose reduction and iterative image reconstruction on CT-guided spine biopsies.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Deep Learning Algorithm for Simultaneous Noise Reduction and Edge Sharpening in Low-Dose CT Images: A Pilot Study Using Lumbar Spine CT.Korean journal of radiology · 2021Article
- Update on Imaging-Based Measurement of Bone Mineral Density and Quality.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
- Multi-detector CT imaging: impact of virtual tube current reduction and sparse sampling on detection of vertebral fractures.European radiology · 2019Article
- The Conservative Treatment of Traumatic Thoracolumbar Vertebral Fractures.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the image quality (IQ), radiation dose and diagnostic reliability of standard-dose and low-dose lumbar spine (L-spine) multi-detector CT (SDCT and LDCT, respectively) with iterative reconstruction (IR) in trauma patients.
methodsWe retrospectively analysed the data of 263 consecutive patients (male:female, 133:130; mean age, 44.3 years) who underwent SDCT (200-300mAs; 120 kVp) with IR (n = 126) or LDCT (80-150mAs; 120kVp) with IR (n = 137) for suspected L-spine fractures between November 2015 and September 2016. Patients were categorized according to their body mass index, as follows: Group 1,~22.9 kg m
resultsOverall, SDCT exhibited slightly better diagnostic performance than did LDCT (sensitivity, 96.7-100%vs94-98.5%; specificity, 95.6-97.0%vs both 95.7%; accuracy, 96.0-98.4%vs94.9-97.1%). However, none of these parameters was significantly different between SDCT and LDCT, either in the whole cohort (p ≥ 0.50) or among the three body mass index groups (p ≥ 0.49). All interobserver agreements were excellent or good (range, 0.776-0.985).
conclusionsThe diagnostic performance of LDCT with IR for L-spine fractures was comparable to that of SDCT with IR, with a 47-69% reduction in the radiation dose. Advances in knowledge: LDCT scan can be used as a diagnostic imaging tool for evaluating trauma patients with suspected L-spine fractures.
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