Patrick D McLaughlin, Kevin P Murphy, Maria Twomey, Siobhan B OʼNeill, Fiachra Moloney, Owen J OʼConnor, Kevin OʼRegan, Sean McSweeney, Anne Marie McGarrigle, Niamh Moore, Jackie Bye, Fergus Shanahan, Michael M Maher
UNLABELLED: We assessed diagnostic accuracy and image quality of modified protocol (MP) computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis reconstructed using pure iterative reconstruction (IR) in patients with Crohn disease (CD). METHODS: Thirty-four consecutive patients with CD were referred with suspected extramural complications. Two contemporaneous CT datasets were acquired in all patients: standard protocol (SP) and MP. The MP and SP protocols were designed to impart radiation exposures of 10% to 20% and 80% to 90% of routine abdominopelvic CT, respectively...
2016: Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography