Table 8. Cumulative Lesion detection by reader, dose and reconstruction in contrast enhanced CT studies.
| Reader 1 | Reader 2 | Pooled results | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | RD-FBP | RD- ASIR |
RD- PICCS |
SD- FBP |
RD-FBP | RD- ASIR |
RD- PICCS |
SD- FBP |
RD-FBP | RD- ASIR |
RD- PICCS |
SD- FBP |
| Liver | 27 | 28 | 30 | 40 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 41 | 55 | 53 | 61 | 81 |
| Pancreas | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Right kidney |
14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 36 |
| Left kidney | 20 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 35 | 48 | 51 | 57 | 66 |
| Total | 65 | 66 | 78 | 92 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 99 | 137 | 139 | 158 | 191 |
RD=Reduced dose, FBP=Filtered back projection, ASIR=Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction, PICCS=Prior image constrained compressed sensing, SD=Standard dose