TABLE 4.
Cumulative Focal Lesion Detection in 45 Cases According to Dose and Reconstruction Method
| Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Pooled Results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Low- Dose FBP |
Low- Dose ASiR |
Low-Dose MBIR |
Standard- Dose FBP |
Low- Dose FBP |
Low- Dose ASIR |
Low-Dose MBIR |
Standard- Dose FBP |
Low- Dose FBP |
Low- Dose ASIR |
Low-Dose MBIR |
Standard- Dose FBP |
| Liver | 26 | 23 | 27 | 41 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 49 | 52 | 49 | 60 | 90 |
| Pancreas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Right kidney | 13 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 36 |
| Left kidney | 32 | 28 | 34 | 41 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 38 | 54 | 51 | 67 | 79 |
| Total | 74 | 68 | 82 | 104 | 67 | 64 | 87 | 109 | 141 | 132 | 169 | 213 |
Note—FBP = filtered back-projection, ASIR = adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction, MBIR = model-based iterative reconstruction.