Radiation dose reduction in CT: Application to tissue area and volume determination

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-403

  Starck, Göran ^a   Lönn, Lars ^a   Cederblad, Åke ^a   Alpsten, Magne ^a   Sjöström, Lars ^a   Ekholm, Sven ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), radiation exposure; Computed tomography (CT), tissue characterization; Computed tomography (CT), volume rendering; Soft tissues, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD;

EID: 0031727922     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.2.9807565     Document Type: Article

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