PixelShine vs. Iterative Reconstruction (IR) Processing of CT Images

Launched by ALGOMEDICA, INC. · Jan 24, 2017

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients receiving CT scans as part of their standard treatment will be asked to consent to an additional 5 minutes of imaging using very low-dose radiation prior to the conventional-dose CT scan. The prospective review will be performed in two cohorts: Chest CT scans and abdominal CT scans.

Anonymized images will be processed by conventional CT software and compared to the same images processed with machine-learning-based PixelShine. A board-certified radiologist will assess the noise and visual quality of the imaging data.

Study patients will receive approximately 10% more dose than a s...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients must be 18 years of age or older
• • Patients must be able and willing to consent to participate in this project
• • Patients will be scheduled for a standard of care CT scan
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • This study does not investigate either a specific disease or a specific patient population-it only examines and compares images obtained at low radiation exposure post-processed with Algomedica's PixelShine software with conventionally processed images
• • All other patients will be excluded