A rational approach to dose reduction in CT: Individualized scan protocols

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2627-2632

  Wilting, J E ^a   Zwartkruis, A ^a   Van Leeuven, M S ^a   Timmer, J ^a   Kamphuis, A G A ^a   Feldberg, M ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Dose reduction; Image quality; Spiral CT; Technical aspects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035198909     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101039     Document Type: Article

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