Further reduction of radiation dose in helical CT for lung cancer screening using small tube current and a newly designed filter

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-88

  Itoh, Shigeki ^a,b   Koyama, Shuji ^b   Ikeda, Mituru ^c   Ozaki, Masahiro ^d   Sawaki, Akiko ^e   Iwano, Shingo ^a   Ishigaki, Takeo ^f  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Nagoya Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Computed tomography (CT); Helical; Lung neoplasms, CT; Patient dose, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALUMINUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035078869     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200104000-00003     Document Type: Article

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