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Table 2 Image quality criteria for chest CT

From: Correlation of clinical and physical-technical image quality in chest CT: a human cadaver study applied on iterative reconstruction

Criterion no.

Description:

1

Visually sharp reproduction of a nodular hypodense structure in a high density area such as an alveolus in consolidated lung parenchyma

2

Visually sharp reproduction of a nodular hypodense structure in a low density area such as normal lung parenchyma

3

Visually sharp reproduction of a nodular hyperdense structure in a low density area such as a vessel in aerated lung parenchyma

4

Visually sharp reproduction of an inter- or intralobular septum

5

Visually sharp reproduction of the bronchial wall

6

Visually sharp reproduction of the lung fissure

7

Visually sharp reproduction of a peripheral pulmonary artery branch

8

Visually sharp reproduction of fibrous strands

9

Visually sharp reproduction of the parietal and or visceral pleura